CVE-2026-46693: imagemagick Race Condition
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-46693 is a medium (CVSS 4.1) Race Condition vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7Timeline
- 10-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23, an attacker who can connect to a magick -distribute-cache service can hijack a file descriptor in the server process when a race condition is met. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · NugetEcosystem advisory · calculated4.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST4.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.10%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
1%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.08% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
- CWE-567Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded ContextThe product does not properly synchronize shared data, such as static variables across threads, which can lead to undefined behavior and unpredictable data changes.
Affected systems
NuGet17 products
- magick.net-q16-anycpu< 14.12.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-arm64< 14.12.0
- magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu< 14.12.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64< 14.12.0
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64< 14.12.0
Debian1 product
- imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u10 | < 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u9 | < 8:7.1.2.23+dfsg1-1
Imagemagick1 product
- imagemagick< 7.1.2-23 | < 6.9.13-48 | ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-23
Ubuntu1 product
- imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 20 products
References
6 links- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-4g75-9r48-jf92X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTWEBVendor Advisory
