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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-13574

In lib/mini_magick/image.rb in MiniMagick before 4.9.4, a fetched remote image filename could cause remote command execution because Image.open input is directly passed to Kernel#open, which accepts a '|' character followed by a command.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:34 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-13574

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jul 2019, 03:15 UTC

In lib/mini_magick/image.rb in MiniMagick before 4.9.4, a fetched remote image filename could cause remote command execution because Image.open input is directly passed to Kernel#open, which accepts a '|' character followed by a command.

osv:CVE-2019-13574
Complete source record
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    "summary": "In lib/mini_magick/image.rb in MiniMagick before 4.9.4, a fetched remote image filename could cause remote command execution because Image.open input is directly passed to Kernel#open, which accepts a '|' character followed by a command.",
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        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/20",
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