CVE-2016-3718: ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Nov 2021, 2,008 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

75.7%

EPSS score, percentile 99.5 of all scored records

How severe?

5.5 Medium

CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record

What should I do?

Required action (CISA), due 3 May 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Advisories and patches (10)

Which versions are affected?

Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 3 May 2022.

Advisories and patches

• openSUSE-SU-2016:1266 (Vendor advisory)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:1326 (Vendor advisory)
• USN-2990-1 (Vendor advisory)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:1261 (Vendor advisory)
• SUSE-SU-2016:1260 (Vendor advisory)
• GLSA-201611-21 (Vendor advisory)
• SUSE-SU-2016:1275 (Vendor advisory)
• SSA:2016-132-01 (Vendor advisory)
• DSA-3580 (Vendor advisory)
• RHSA-2016:0726 (Vendor advisory)

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3718

Affected products and versions

The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows attackers to perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) via a crafted image.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2016-3718 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 3 Nov 2021.
• CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 3 May 2022.
• The CVE record was published on 5 May 2016, 2,008 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 75.7% (percentile 99.5), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allow remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted image.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
• CWE-20

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

References

• 39767 (Exploit)
• git.imagemagick.org

7 more in the CVE record.

More exploited ImageMagick vulnerabilities

• CVE-2016-3714: ImageMagick Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (added 9 Sep 2024)
• CVE-2016-3715: ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability (added 3 Nov 2021)