CVE-2026-46529
Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. A single-click remote code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 1.26.3 and 1.28.4 allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution as the user by tricking them into clicking a link inside a malicious PDF document. The PDF can be packaged as a polyglot file that is simultaneously a valid PDF and a valid ELF shared library, making the attack a single-file, single-click, configuration-independent RCE on stock atril installations.
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The root cause is `shell/ev-application.c:ev_spawn`, which builds a command line from attacker-controlled PDF link-destination fields without applying `g_shell_quote`. The cmdline is then handed to `g_app_info_create_from_commandline`, which shell-parses it back into argv — splitting any embedded `--gtk-module=PATH` into a separate argv element. GTK then `dlopen()`s the path during init, running any `__attribute__((constructor))` it finds. Versions 1.26.3 and 1.28.4 contain a patch for the issue. This is the same defect class as CVE-2023-51698 (CBT `--checkpoint-action` injection in `comics-document.c`, fixed in 1.6.2) but in a different code path (`shell/ev-application.c`) that the original patch did not touch.
CVSS
- Versión: 4.0
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Puntuación base: 8.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.41%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 34
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1203Exploitation for Client Executionexecution95 % - Impacto principal
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution90 % - Impacto secundario
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation75 %
Requiere interacción del usuario (UI:A) al hacer clic en un enlace malicioso en PDF; alcanza ejecución arbitraria de código mediante inyección de argumentos de línea de comandos (`--gtk-module`) sin escapado en `ev_spawn`, permitiendo cargar librerías compartidas maliciosas (ELF polyglot).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-77, CWE-88, CWE-829
- CWE-77
Referencias
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.3
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.28.4
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-vgv2-m826-8f6f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/22/11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00041.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00042.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00021.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27819
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28998
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33169
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33416
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39115
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41904
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43398
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46467
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46529
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487669
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-vgv2-m826-8f6f
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46529.json
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