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CVE-2020-29599
ImageMagick before 6.9.11-40 and 7.x before 7.0.10-40 mishandles the -authenticate option, which allows setting a password for…
High7.8EPSS 7.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
ImageMagick before 6.9.11-40 and 7.x before 7.0.10-40 mishandles the -authenticate option, which allows setting a password for password-protected PDF files. The user-controlled password was not properly escaped/sanitized and it was therefore possible to inject additional shell commands via coders/pdf.c.
Timeline
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210112 [SECURITY] [DLA 2523-1] imagemagick security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- GLSA-202101-36 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230311 [SECURITY] [DLA 3357-1] imagemagick security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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