CVE-2026-28689: imagemagick Link Following
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-28689 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Link Following vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 7Timeline
- 09-03-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-03-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, domain="path" authorization is checked before final file open/use. A symlink swap between check-time and use-time bypasses policy-denied read/write. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · NugetEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.11%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
1%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.11% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
- CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionThe product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.
Affected systems
NuGet19 products
- magick.net-q16-anycpu< 14.10.4
- Magick.NET-Q16-arm64< 14.10.4
- magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu< 14.10.4
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64< 14.10.4
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64< 14.10.4
Debian1 product
- imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u8 | < 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7 | < 8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1
Imagemagick1 product
- imagemagick≥ 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16 | < 6.9.13-41 | ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-16
Ubuntu1 product
- imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 22 products
References
7 links- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-493f-jh8w-qhx3X Refsource CONFIRMWEBVendor Advisory
