CVE-2026-49219 ImageMagick: Policy Bypass can read disallowed files

What is CVE-2026-49219?

CVE-2026-49219 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 10 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-24, an incorrect parsing of the filename can result in a policy bypass and read files disallowed by a security policy using a symlink. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-24.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-78, CWE-22, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-49219?

34 open source packages ship an affected version, including Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU and Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64. It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2026-49219?

Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.14.0 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2026-49219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-49219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick

• CVE-2019-19952 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16328 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16329 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-18210 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-14138 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.8

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CLSA-2026-1782134552, CLSA-2026-1782137496, CLSA-2026-1782137773, CLSA-2026-1782138366, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-49219, ECHO-4821-3282-7af1 and 4 more.