Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It can be remotely exploitable when ImageMagick is used in a web service or API that accepts user-controlled filenames, URLs, or image sources. In such cases, a remote attacker may trigger file reads on the server via crafted paths.

What kind of access does an attacker need?

The attacker needs the ability to influence the path or resource identifier that ImageMagick processes. This might be via a file upload endpoint, an image transformation API, or any feature that passes user-controlled paths to ImageMagick.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The safest pattern is to ensure all paths are normalized and canonicalized before policy checks or file access, combined with strict whitelisting of allowed directories and robust policy definitions that block both read and write access to sensitive locations.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.6)

Path Traversal Policy Bypass (CWE-22) in ImageMagick File Access Controls

CVE-2026-25965

Published:

Feb 23, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Local File Inclusion

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Local File Disclosure via Policy Bypass

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.6)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal / Local File Inclusion

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Local File Disclosure via Policy Bypass

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.6)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Path Traversal Policy Bypass (CWE-22) in ImageMagick File Access Controls

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

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Vulnerability Type

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