CVE-2026-25965 — ImageMagick's policy bypass through path traversal allows reading restricted content despite secured policy

Affected: ImageMagick, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, ImageMagick’s path security policy is enforced on the raw filename string before the filesystem resolves it. As a result, a policy rule such as /etc/* can be bypassed by a path traversal. The OS resolves the traversal and opens the sensitive file, but the policy matcher only sees the unnormalized path and therefore allows the read. This enables local file disclosure (LFI) even when policy-secure.xml is applied. Actions to prevent reading from files have been taken in versions .7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 But it make sure writing is also not possible the following should be added to one's policy. This will also be included in ImageMagick's more secure policies by default.

USN-8263-1 — imagemagick vulnerabilities

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: imagemagick, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: imagemagick, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: imagemagick, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: imagemagick, Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS: imagemagick, Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS: imagemagick, Ubuntu:25.10: imagemagick

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files in certain instances. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code. These issues only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-15607, CVE-2018-18544, CVE-2019-13137, CVE-2019-13391, CVE-2019-13391)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files in certain instances. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code. (CVE-2026-24481, CVE-2026-24484, CVE-2026-24485, CVE-2026-25576, CVE-2026-25638, CVE-2026-25797, CVE-2026-25965)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files in certain instances. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specifically crafted image, an attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code. These issues only affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-25637, CVE-2026-25794, CVE-2026-25795, CVE-2026-25796, CVE-2026-25797, CVE-2026-25798, CVE-2026-25799, CVE-2026-25897, CVE-2026-25898)

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CVE-2026-25965 — ImageMagick's policy bypass through path traversal allows reading restricted content despite secured policy

USN-8263-1 — imagemagick vulnerabilities