---
id: "CVE-2016-3718"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2016-3718"]
title: "ImageMagick ImageMagick: ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 5.5
epss: 0.7565
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "ImageMagick ImageMagick", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "image-processing", "imagemagick", "package", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["no-image-processing-of-untrusted-input"]
published_at: "2016-05-05T18:59:08+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2016-3718", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3718", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3718", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# ImageMagick ImageMagick: ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

ImageMagick, an image processing library and command-line tool, has a flaw where a crafted image makes it send requests to addresses the attacker chooses. An attacker can use a server that processes uploaded images to reach internal services or fetch data they could not reach directly.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:ImageMagick ImageMagick affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Upgrade ImageMagick to a release that includes the vendor fix for CVE-2016-3718 (the fixed version is not named in the sources); CISA says to apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2016-3718
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3718
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3718

## From the sources

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

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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