---
id: CVE-2026-116140
title: >-
  ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Security policy bypass via flawed delegate
  invocation parsing (CVE-2026-116140)
summary: >-
  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 pars…
severity: low
cvss: 3.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: vendor
cwe:
  - CWE-184
  - CWE-863
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
affected:
  - enterprise_linux 6
  - enterprise_linux 7
published: '2026-10-25'
updated: '2026-10-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-25T14:05:12+00:00'
source: CSAF
sourceUrl: 'https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116140.json'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116140.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116140'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560433'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116140'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116140'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-528x-2384-jmxp
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-58-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-33-policy-bypass-via-delegate-invocation-parsing
tags:
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-25T22:08:29.954Z'
epss: 0.00129
epssPercentile: 0.02554
---

## Overview

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.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · updated 2026-10-25 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116140.json)

**ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Security policy bypass via flawed delegate invocation parsing** — rated Low by Red Hat. Released 2026-10-25.

Affected:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

No fix planned:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

## Remediation

Out of support scope