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CVE-2026-106566

ImageMagick: ImageMagick: File overwrite via improper delegate symlink cleanup

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 8, 2026

Updated · October 23, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in ImageMagick. During the cleanup of temporary symbolic links (symlinks) used by delegate programs, the application fails to properly check the MAGICK_SHRED_PASSES environment variable. A local privileged user can exploit this vulnerability to overwrite files with random data, resulting in file corruption and data loss.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')