Critical

CodeIgniter4's ImageMagick Handler has Command Injection Vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 28.07.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

This vulnerability affects applications that:

  • Use the ImageMagick handler for image processing (imagick as the image library)
  • AND either:
    • Allow file uploads with user-controlled filenames and process uploaded images using the resize() method
    • OR use the text() method with user-controlled text content or options

An attacker can:

  • Upload a file with a malicious filename containing shell metacharacters that get executed when the image is processed
  • OR provide malicious text content or options that get executed when adding text to images

Patches

Upgrade to v4.6.2 or later.

Workarounds

  • Switch to the GD image handler (gd, the default handler), which is not affected by either vulnerability
  • For file upload scenarios: Instead of using user-provided filenames, generate random names to eliminate the attack vector with getRandomName() when using the move() method, or use the store() method, which automatically generates safe filenames
  • For text operations: If you must use ImageMagick with user-controlled text, sanitize the input to only allow safe characters: preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s.,!?-]/', '', $text) and validate/restrict text options

References

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package codeigniter4/framework < 4.6.2 4.6.2

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78
Platform
Composer
Package
codeigniter4/framework
Disclosed
28.07.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-9952-gv64-x94c - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: codeigniter4/framework

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (19) in the archive
Total entries
19
First → latest
01.2022 08.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 6
  • High 8
  • Medium 4
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 9
  2. 2023: 2
  3. 2024: 1
  4. 2025: 2
  5. 2026: 5
Severity:
  1. CodeIgniter4's ImageMagick Handler has Command Injection Vulnerability this entry
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-54418 < 4.6.2 4.6.2
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-29904 < 4.4.7 4.4.7
  3. High · 8.6 CVE-2022-46170 < 4.2.11 4.2.11
  4. High · 7.0 CVE-2022-23556 < 4.2.11 4.2.11
  5. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-10793 <= 4.0.0 no fix
  6. High · 7.5 CVE-2017-1000247 >= 3.1.3, < 3.1.4 3.1.4
  7. Critical · 9.4 CVE-2022-24711 < 4.1.9 4.1.9
  8. High · 7.7 CVE-2022-21647 < 4.1.6 4.1.6

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