CVE-2026-86422
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on Windows that allows attackers to bypass read or write restrictions by exploiting symlink race conditions. Attackers can swap symlinks between policy validation and file access to read or write policy-denied files.
Published:Sep 7, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 10, 2026
EPS:Sep 7, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00103
CVSS Score:3.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Imagemagick
Product
Imagemagick
Imagemagick
Imagemagick
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
