diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b82457..b2ac990 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## HEAD
+
+* [minimagick] Don't allow calling Kernel options via `loader`/`saver` options (@janko)
+
 ## 1.12.2 (2022-03-01)
 
 * Prevent remote shell execution when using `#apply` with operations coming from user input (@janko)
diff --git a/lib/image_processing/mini_magick.rb b/lib/image_processing/mini_magick.rb
index fb38869..7ef0444 100644
--- a/lib/image_processing/mini_magick.rb
+++ b/lib/image_processing/mini_magick.rb
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ module ImageProcessing
         def apply_options(magick, define: {}, **options)
           options.each do |option, value|
             case value
-            when true, nil then magick.send(option)
-            when false     then magick.send(option).+
-            else                magick.send(option, *value)
+            when true, nil then magick.public_send(option)
+            when false     then magick.public_send(option).+
+            else                magick.public_send(option, *value)
             end
           end
 
diff --git a/test/mini_magick_test.rb b/test/mini_magick_test.rb
index ae9533f..868d41d 100644
--- a/test/mini_magick_test.rb
+++ b/test/mini_magick_test.rb
@@ -173,6 +173,26 @@ describe "ImageProcessing::MiniMagick" do
     assert_dimensions [600, 800], result
   end
 
+  it "doesn't allow calling Kernel methods via loader/saver options" do
+    error = assert_raises(MiniMagick::Error) do
+      ImageProcessing::MiniMagick
+        .source(@portrait)
+        .loader(system: "touch test/malicious.txt")
+        .call
+    end
+
+    assert_match "unrecognized option `-system'", error.message
+
+    error = assert_raises(MiniMagick::Error) do
+      ImageProcessing::MiniMagick
+        .source(@portrait)
+        .saver(system: "touch test/malicious.txt")
+        .call
+    end
+
+    assert_match "unrecognized option `-system'", error.message
+  end
+
   describe ".valid_image?" do
     it "returns true for correct images" do
       assert ImageProcessing::MiniMagick.valid_image?(@portrait)