[KEV] Vulnerability in Imagemagick (CVE-2016-3715)
Summary
Vulnerability in Imagemagick (CVE-2016-3715). Data can be tampered with by attackers. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted image.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-3715 has been found in Imagemagick.
Data can be tampered with by attackers.
Note: CISA has officially confirmed this is actively exploited in the wild. Treat it with elevated urgency.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Imagemagick CVE-2016-3715" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-3715 (Imagemagick) — CWE-284
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited, treat as top priority.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-284) exists in Imagemagick.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Imagemagick.
Severity: High. Data can be tampered with by attackers. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited in the wild, treat as top priority.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Imagemagick' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Imagemagick' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Imagemagickを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Consider incident declaration escalate
Notify SOC / on-callCISA KEV登録済 = 実環境で悪用が観測されている。侵入の兆候があればインシデント対応宣言、無くてもパッチ適用までWAF強化を最優先で。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory NVD
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory rhn.redhat.com
- advisory debian.org
- advisory debian.org
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory oracle.com
- advisory oracle.com
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory slackware.com
- advisory ubuntu.com
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory imagemagick.org
- patch git.imagemagick.org
- report exploit-db.com
- report imagemagick.org
- web cisa.gov