CVE-2026-108693
HIGHCVSS 7.0Description
ImageMagick on Windows through 7.1.2-33 and 6.9.13-58 contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in NTGhostscriptEXE() that launches gswin64c.exe by bare name when Ghostscript is unregistered. Attackers can plant a malicious gswin64c.exe in the working directory to execute code with ImageMagick privileges when PDF, PostScript, or EPS files are converted.
Timeline
Published:October 11th, 2026 2:16 AM
Last modified:October 15th, 2026 3:55 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.0 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/211e5b975a0019a88dcef5f84c1193f46738d815/MagickCore/nt-base.c#L1469-L1511
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/211e5b975a0019a88dcef5f84c1193f46738d815/MagickCore/nt-base.c#L2829-L2832
- https://github.com/ghostx-86/exploitarium/tree/main/imagemagick-gs-delegate-hijack-poc
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-through-7.1.2-33-and-6.9.13-58-uncontrolled-search-path-via-ghostscript-delegate
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute