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Vulnerability · Published Oct 3, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-104983Linux Mint Xreader PDF Attachment Saving ev-window.c g_file_get_child path traversal

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in Xreader from Linux Mint. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Mint Xreader up to 4.6.9. Impacted is the function g_file_get_child of the file shell/ev-window.c of the component PDF Attachment Saving Handler. Such manipulation of the argument attachment leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. One of the project maintainers closed this issue as "completed", because "EPUB support was removed from Xreader and reimplemented in Xepub". Code analysis indicates that this might be a misunderstanding of the situation.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Mint Xreader 4.6.04.6.14.6.24.6.34.6.44.6.54.6.64.6.7

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

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