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CVE-2026-106566: imagemagick UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

CVSS: 4.0v3.1MediumUndergoing analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-106566DEBIAN-CVE-2026-106566
Published 07-10-2026Last modified 07-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-106566 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.12%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2026-0525OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12078-1SUSE-SU-2026:4691-1

Timeline

  1. 07-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32, delegate symlink cleanup does not check the MAGICK_SHRED_PASSES environment variable, allowing a local privileged workflow to overwrite a file with random data. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2-32.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

08-10-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links