Never dealt with this type of issue before. Putting a short guide here for anyone else who Ctrl+F’s their way here or from google.
Issue:
UE5.6.1 seems to have an old version of “Magick” which is one of many dependencies used in the engine source code. Specifically here, for some automation stuff. It has a known vulnerability and therefore when trying to package and compile, users may get stops and errors.
Solution:
Update the source code to use the latest stable version without vulnerabilities.
- Open UE5 solution, click the
Manage NuGeT Packagesin the orange banner - Select the checkbox
show vulnerable onlyon the left, select Magick - Scroll on the right and select the boxes only by the lines where it has the old version
- Select all 3 boxes
- Below the box selection, change the dropdown from 14.7.0 to Latest Stable (14.8.2) in the
Version- Click the
InstallButton to the right
- Click the
- Click ok in the following prompts, close with saving
- Re-open the sln file. Do a full build and confirm no errors
