{"cve":"CVE-2020-29599","nvd":{"published":"2020-12-07T20:15:12.773","modified":"2026-06-17T03:11:30.193","status":"Modified","description":"ImageMagick before 6.9.11-40 and 7.x before 7.0.10-40 mishandles the -authenticate option, which allows setting a password for password-protected PDF files. The user-controlled password was not properly escaped/sanitized and it was therefore possible to inject additional shell commands via coders/pdf.c.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-91"],"references":["https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851","https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00010.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-36"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","imagemagick:imagemagick"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:11:20.317016139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-29599","score":0.07508,"percentile":0.94492,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}