Missing Authorization in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-61858

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU135669

Missing Authorization in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-61858

Published: June 29, 2026 / Updated: September 14, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU135669
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-61858
CWE-ID: CWE-862
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass policy restrictions and write to a disallowed path.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization in the APNG encoder and external delegates when writing files. A local user can trigger crafted processing to bypass policy restrictions and write to a disallowed path.


Affected software

ImageMagick
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick
perl-PerlMagick
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel
ImageMagick-extra
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
ImageMagick-doc
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-djvu
ImageMagick-libs

How to mitigate CVE-2026-61858

Install security update from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-51, 7.1.2-26
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13.52-1, 7.1.2.27-1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.27-1

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