What is CVE-2026-106566?

CVE-2026-106566 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2026-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-106566?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-106566

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32, delegate symlink cleanup does not check the MAGICK_SHRED_PASSES environment variable, allowing a local privileged workflow to overwrite a file with random data. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.2-32.

Published 2026-10-07 · last modified 2026-10-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions < 6.9.13-57, >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-32

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-106566?: CVE-2026-106566 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2026-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-106566?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.