THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-44268
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2022-44268

Imagemagick vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
89.9%
EPSS pct
100th
Exploited
No known
ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 is vulnerable to Information Disclosure. When it parses a PNG image (e.g., for resize), the resulting image could have embedded the content of an arbitrary. file (if the magick binary has permissions to read it).
Affected vendor
Imagemagick
Affected product
Imagemagick
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2023-02-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 89.9% reflects a high probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-44268

  • Confirm whether Imagemagick Imagemagick is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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