{"cve":"CVE-2026-86424","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-07T13:20:41.403","modified":"2026-10-29T21:17:35.420","status":"Analyzed","description":"ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the video decoder that allows attackers to bypass path policy write restrictions via symlink swaps. An attacker can replace a symlink between policy validation (check-time) and the file write operation (use-time) to write to policy-denied locations.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":2.0},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":2.5},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9x6f-98x9-rx6g","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-30-path-traversal-via-toctou-symlink-race"],"products":["imagemagick:imagemagick"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-29T21:36:56.436249234+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-86424","score":0.00141,"percentile":0.03379,"date":"2026-10-29"},"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."]}