CVE-2026-109274 ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 TOCTOU Symlink Race Path Policy Bypass via magick script
Attackers can bypass path security policies in ImageMagick via a symlink race condition to read restricted files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-109274?
CVE-2026-109274 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in ImageMagick, published on 12 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-32 contains a time-of-check time-of-use symlink race vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the path security policy when executing a magick script. Attackers can swap a checked path with a symlink during script execution to read files that the security policy is meant to block.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109274?
How do I fix CVE-2026-109274?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-109274 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-109274 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109274, ECHO-e054-ceb8-f226, GHSA-7q74-r26w-fwcx, GHSA-849g-2wm5-pm7c, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109274.