CVE-2026-108693

HIGH Status: Received

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.x Base Score

7.0

HIGH

Description

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.

Published

October 11, 2026 2:16 AM

Last Modified

October 11, 2026 2:16 AM

Source

[email protected]

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

References

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

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