CVE-2026-86422
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
LOW
CVSS score
1.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-09-07 13:20:41.103000
Last modified
2026-10-29 21:17:35.167000
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