CVE-2026-116140
Description
A flaw was found in ImageMagick. An attacker could bypass administrator-defined security policies by convincing the application to process specially crafted input that triggers a delegate invocation. This issue occurs due to incorrect parsing of delegate commands, allowing programs explicitly restricted or blocked in the security configuration to be executed.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated as having a Low severity for Red Hat because successful exploitation requires convincing a user or service to parse an untrusted file and only allows the execution of an already present external helper rather than granting arbitrary privilege escalation. Core Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases (such as RHEL 8 and 9) do not ship ImageMagick, confining enterprise exposure to legacy ELS systems (RHEL 6 and RHEL 7). Community builds available through EPEL and Fedora already include the fix. Furthermore, the issue only presents a risk in environments where explicit delegate execution restrictions have been configured in security policies.
Mitigation
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.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.3 | N/A | 3.3 |
| Attack Vector | Local | N/A | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | N/A | None |
| User Interaction | Required | N/A | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None | N/A | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low | N/A | Low |
| Availability Impact | None | N/A | None |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
Attackers may be able to find other malicious inputs that were not expected by the developer, allowing them to bypass the intended protection mechanism.
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