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ImageMagick: Race Condition in distributed pixel cache server can result in file descriptor hijacking

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 18, 2026 in ImageMagick/ImageMagick • Updated May 27, 2026

Package

nuget Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU (NuGet)

Affected versions

< 14.12.0

Patched versions

14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x86 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x64 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x86 (NuGet)
< 14.12.0
14.12.0

Description

An attacker who can connect to a magick -distribute-cache service can hijack a file descriptor in the server process when a race condition is met.

References

@dlemstra dlemstra published to ImageMagick/ImageMagick May 18, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 22, 2026
Reviewed May 22, 2026
Last updated May 27, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently. Learn more on MITRE.

Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded Context

The product does not properly synchronize shared data, such as static variables across threads, which can lead to undefined behavior and unpredictable data changes. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-46693

GHSA ID

GHSA-4g75-9r48-jf92

Source code

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