CVE-2022-44268

MEDIUMNVD 6.59.0▲Weaponized

6.5

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).

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: 9.0(high)
EPSS: 99.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

February 6, 2023

Last Modified

March 26, 2025

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171727/ImageMagick-7.1.0-48-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
cve@mitrehttps://imagemagick.org/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AINSUL2QBKETGYRPA7XSCMJWLUB44M6S/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZLLS37P67CMBRML6OCG42GPCKGRCJNV/
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5347
cve@mitrehttps://www.metabaseq.com/imagemagick-zero-days/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171727/ImageMagick-7.1.0-48-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://imagemagick.org/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AINSUL2QBKETGYRPA7XSCMJWLUB44M6S/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZLLS37P67CMBRML6OCG42GPCKGRCJNV/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5347
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.metabaseq.com/imagemagick-zero-days/

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	libmagickwand-6-headers (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15) @ bionic	2026-05-25	ubuntu
ubuntu	libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 (8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2) @ kinetic	2026-05-25	ubuntu
ubuntu	libmagickwand-6.q16-2 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm7) @ xenial	2026-05-25	ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

All Vendor Advisories

(3)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

2026-06-12 23:10 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-12 23:10 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-11 13:58 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-11 13:58 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-10 22:17 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-10 16:47 UTCOSV refresh
2026-06-08 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-04 13:11 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-01 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-06-01 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
2026-05-25 07:17 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-25 07:17 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-25 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-24 18:12 UTCOSV refresh

Publicly available exploits

(10 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (9 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

GitHub PoCentr0pie/CVE-2022-44268
First seen Jul 3, 2023
PoC of Imagemagick's Arbitrary File Read
Open source ↗
Exploit-DBEDB-51261
First seen Apr 5, 2023
ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 - Arbitrary File Read
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCkljunowsky/CVE-2022-44268
First seen Feb 13, 2023
CVE-2022-44268 ImageMagick Arbitrary File Read - Proof of Concept exploit
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCVulnmachines/imagemagick-CVE-2022-44268
First seen Feb 6, 2023
Imagemagick CVE-2022-44268
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCSybil-Scan/imagemagick-lfi-poc
First seen Feb 6, 2023
ImageMagick LFI PoC [CVE-2022-44268]
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCvoidz0r/CVE-2022-44268
First seen Feb 5, 2023
A PoC for the CVE-2022-44268 - ImageMagick arbitrary file read
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCBaikuya/CVE-2022-44268-PoC
First seen Feb 4, 2023
CVE-2022-44268 PoC
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCjnschaeffer/cve-2022-44268-detector
First seen Feb 4, 2023
Detect images that likely exploit CVE-2022-44268
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCagathanon/cve-2022-44268
First seen Feb 3, 2023
Payload generator and extractor for CVE-2022-44268 written in Python.
Open source ↗
GitHub PoCy1nglamore/CVE-2022-44268-ImageMagick-Vulnerable-Docker-Environment
First seen Feb 3, 2023
The vulnerable recurrence docker environment for CVE-2022-44268
Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-44268?

CVE-2022-44268 is a medium vulnerability published on February 6, 2023. 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).

When was CVE-2022-44268 disclosed?

CVE-2022-44268 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 6, 2023, with the most recent update on March 26, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-44268 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-44268 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-44268?

CVE-2022-44268 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.

How do I remediate CVE-2022-44268?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-44268, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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