CVE-2026-61859

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-x before 6.9.13-51 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the -script operation due to missing security policy checks. This allows reading files from paths that are otherwise disallowed by the configured security policy.

CVSS 4.0

4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-59

Published

2026-07-15

Modified

2026-10-09

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• imagemagick:imagemagick

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-vghg-5jrg-2398
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-policy-bypass-via-script-operation

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