CVE-2022-44268

CRITICALNVD 6.59.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 90% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.2% of all CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 6.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction ≥85%
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 90%
  • Public exploit code is available (ssvc poc, epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 90%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: ssvc poc · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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)
EG Risk
76(Track)
EG Risk 76/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation90% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
90%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 6, 2023

Last Modified

March 26, 2025

References (14)

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibmagickwand-6-headers (8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15) @ bionic2026-05-25ubuntu
ubuntulibmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 (8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2) @ kinetic2026-05-25ubuntu
ubuntulibmagickwand-6.q16-2 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm7) @ xenial2026-05-25ubuntu

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.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
imagemagick8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1, 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u18:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u2—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
imagemagick8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.38:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
imagemagick—8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
imagemagick—8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
imagemagick—8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

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 4× in last 7d / 16× 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.

  1. 2026-09-07 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-05 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-04 15:54 UTCOSV refresh
  5. 2026-08-30 19:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-30 19:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-28 21:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-26 14:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-24 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-21 23:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-19 17:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-19 17:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 03:04 UTCOSV refresh
  15. 2026-08-16 02:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-12 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-08 16:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-02 21:57 UTCOSV refresh
  19. 2026-08-01 04:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-01 04:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-28 15:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-25 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-24 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-23 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-22 23:02 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-20 17:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-16 06:49 UTCOSV refresh
  6. 2026-07-15 16:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-15 16:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-01 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-28 06:21 UTCOSV refresh
  10. 2026-06-28 04:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-28 04:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-24 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-17 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-17 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-15 17:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-12 23:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-12 23:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-11 13:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-11 13:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-10 22:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-10 16:47 UTCOSV refresh
  24. 2026-06-08 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-04 13:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-01 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-01 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-05-28 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-05-25 07:17 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-05-25 07:17 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-05-25 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 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 critical 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 90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 0.2% of all scored CVEs.
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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