High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-29599
CVE-2020-29599
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.
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Affected products
21- ImageMagick/ImageMagickdescription
- Range: <6.9.11-40 and <7.0.10-40
- osv-coords19 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0
< 7.0.7.34-lp151.7.26.1+ 18 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-lp151.7.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-lp152.12.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-10.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-10.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-36nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.htmlnvd
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