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.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4596-1 | evince security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-4597-1 | atril security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-6286-1 | evince security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8295-1 | Evince vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8321-1 | Papers vulnerability |
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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000
Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | PDF /GoToR action argv injection enables single-click RCE via --gtk-module dlopen | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-77 CWE-829 CWE-88 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-10T19:51:50.836Z
Reserved: 2026-05-14T19:12:32.756Z
Link: CVE-2026-46529
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-06-10T20:17:28.570
Modified: 2026-06-10T20:58:26.290
Link: CVE-2026-46529
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-10T21:30:36Z
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN