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. 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.
CVE-2026-46529
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
This high-severity CVE scores 7.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.5% (44th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.
Also known asEUVD-2026-36109 (ENISA EUVD)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 51EG Risk 51/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity78% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation40% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 0.5%
- EPSS %ILE
- 44th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 0.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
June 10, 2026
Last Modified
October 26, 2026
Advisory Details (8)
Auto-updated Jun 10, 2026[SECURITY] [DLA 4597-1] atril security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00042.html[SECURITY] [DLA 4596-1] evince security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00041.htmloss-security - Re: Evince/Atril/Xreader command injection CVE-2026-46529
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/22/11oss-security - Re: Evince/Atril/Xreader command injection CVE-2026-46529
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/7oss-security - Evince/Atril/Xreader command injection CVE-2026-46529
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/34PDF /GoToR action argv injection enables single-click RCE via --gtk-module dlopen · Advisory · mate-desktop/atril · GitHub
Affected: 1.6.2) but in a
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-vgv2-m826-8f6fv1.28.4
Patch available: mate-desktop/atril v1.28.4
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.28.4v1.26.3
Patch available: mate-desktop/atril v1.26.3
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.3Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-46529(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(12)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libatrilview3 (1.12.2-1ubuntu0.3+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-10-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libevview3-3t64 (46.3.1-0ubuntu1.1) @ noble | 2026-10-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | papers-common (50.1-0ubuntu1.1) @ resolute | 2026-10-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | evince-0:3.28.4-16.el8_6.1 | 2026-07-27 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:3.28.4-11.el8_4.1 | 2026-07-22 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:3.28.4-16.el8_8.1 | 2026-07-21 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:3.28.2-11.el7_9 | 2026-07-20 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:40.5-2.el9_2.1 | 2026-07-14 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:40.5-2.el9_4.1 | 2026-06-30 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:40.5-2.el9_6.1 | 2026-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:3.28.4-17.el8_10 | 2026-06-24 | redhat |
| redhat | evince-0:40.5-4.el9_8.1 | 2026-06-22 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(11 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:14(4)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| atril | 1.26.2-4, 1.26.2-5, 1.28.2-1 |
| — |
| evince | 48.1-3, 48.1-4, 49~alpha-1, 49~alpha-2 |
| — |
| evince-gtk3 | 48.1+dfsg-1, 48.1+dfsg-2 |
| — |
| papers | 48.3-1 ... 49.3-2 (11 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| atril | 1.26.2-4 |
| — |
| evince | 48.1-3 |
| — |
| papers | 48.3-1 ... 49.3-3 (12 versions) |
| — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| atril | 1.24.0-1, 1.24.0-1+deb11u1 |
| — |
| evince | 3.38.2-1 |
| — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| atril | 1.26.0-2, 1.26.0-2+deb12u1, 1.26.0-2+deb12u2, 1.26.0-2+deb12u3 |
| — |
| evince | 43.1-2 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(3)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(9)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2026:33416IMPORTANT2026-06-10
RHSA-2026:33416 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:39115IMPORTANT2026-06-10
RHSA-2026:39115 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:41904IMPORTANT2026-06-10
RHSA-2026:41904 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:42692IMPORTANT2026-06-10
RHSA-2026:42692 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:43398IMPORTANT2026-06-10
RHSA-2026:43398 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:46467IMPORTANT2026-06-10
RHSA-2026:46467 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-8295-1MEDIUM
Evince vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-8321-1MEDIUM
Papers vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-8839-1MEDIUM
Atril vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 302 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 202 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-02 16:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
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- 2026-10-27 21:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-27 21:00 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
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- 2026-10-25 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
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- 2026-10-24 10:13 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-10-17 13:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 13:18 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-16 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 34th percentile
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- 2026-09-14 04:14 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-31 00:10 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-17 11:06 UTCVendor advisory
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- GitHub PoCN1et/CVE-2026-46529Published May 16, 2026
Evince/xreader/Atril RCE exploit to CVE-2026-46529
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