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CVE-2026-28689

A symlink swap between check-time and use-time bypasses policy-denied read/write.

MEDIUM 6.3EPSS 0.11%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 3.1
6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.11% probability · 1th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-59, CWE-367
Affected
imagemagick/imagemagick
Source
security-advisories@github.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.11%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.