High severity · published Feb 24, 2026
CVE-2026-25965
ImageMagick's policy bypass through path traversal allows reading restricted content despite secured policy
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, ImageMagick’s path security policy is enforced on the raw filename string before the filesystem resolves it. As a result, a policy rule such as /etc/* can be bypassed by a path traversal. The OS resolves the traversal and opens the sensitive file, but the policy matcher only sees the unnormalized path and therefore allows the read. This enables local file disclosure (LFI) even when policy-secure.xml is applied. Actions to prevent reading from files have been taken in versions .7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 But it make sure writing is also not possible the following should be added to one's policy. This will also be included in ImageMagick's more secure policies by default.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
ImageMagick · ImageMagick
>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15; < 6.9.13-40 · source: vendor, NVD
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25965
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25965
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8jvj-p28h-9gm7
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5573
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25965
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442118
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-25965.json
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