CVE-2022-44268

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. This flaw allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from a server when parsing an image and happens when the program is parsing a PNG image. If ImageMagick has permission to read other arbitrary files, the resulting image could have been embedded with contents from another file on the machine after the parsing process.

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To mitigate the issue, we recommend setting a security policy that is suitable for your local environment. Add this to your security policy (policy.xml):

<policy domain="path" rights="none" pattern="/etc/*"/>  <!-- don't read sensitive paths -->

With above policy, you get:

$ magick logo: -set profile /etc/passwd logo.png
magick: attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy `/etc/passwd' @ error/blob.c/FileToBlob/1433.

This can be as draconian as needed. Use /* as the path to prevent reading any file with an absolute path. You can also protect against relative paths:

<policy domain="path" rights="none" pattern="../*"/>

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