CVE•Published 2026-09-07•Modified 2026-09-10•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-86422Imagemagick · Imagemagick

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

LOW

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 99% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

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

Description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on Windows that allows attackers to bypass read or write restrictions by exploiting symlink race conditions. Attackers can swap symlinks between policy validation and file access to read or write policy-denied files.

Timeline

Published 2026-09-07

Modified 2026-09-10

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common). Live host counts are a Premium feature.

Shodan · vuln tag

vuln:CVE-2026-86422

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Imagemagick Imagemagick"

All exposed Imagemagick Imagemagick instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Imagemagick"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Imagemagick" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-86422