CVE-2026-86424

A flaw was found in ImageMagick. This time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability, involving a symlink race in the video decoder, allows a local attacker with low privileges to bypass path policy write restrictions. By replacing a symbolic link between the security check and the actual file write operation, an attacker can write to locations that should otherwise be protected, potentially leading to unauthorized file modification.

Red Hat has evaluated this issue and determined it is of Low severity. No fix is currently planned for the affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Support versions.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.