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TI-2026-34215 Aliases CVE-2026-46529

PDF /GoToR action argv injection enables single-click RCE via --gtk-module dlopen

Priority HIGH 72CWE-77Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 14 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00529 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial atril (mate-desktop): 1.26.3, 1.28.4Red Hat: 9 advisoriesRed Hat: 14 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
mate-desktopatrilbefore 1.26.3; 1.27.0 to before 1.28.41.26.3, 1.28.4Patch availableCNA
  • atril Vendormate-desktop Affected before 1.26.3; 1.27.0 to before 1.28.4 Fixed in 1.26.3, 1.28.4 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA atril (mate-desktop) Fixed in 1.26.3, 1.28.4

Red Hat 9 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:46467 Released 2026-07-27 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) evince-3.28.4-16.el8_6.1, evince-browser-plugin-3.28.4-16.el8_6.1, evince-libs-3.28.4-16.el8_6.1 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) evince-3.28.4-16.el8_6.1, evince-browser-plugin-3.28.4-16.el8_6.1, evince-libs-3.28.4-16.el8_6.1 +1
  • RHSA-2026:43398 Released 2026-07-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) evince-3.28.4-11.el8_4.1, evince-browser-plugin-3.28.4-11.el8_4.1, evince-libs-3.28.4-11.el8_4.1 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) evince-3.28.4-11.el8_4.1, evince-browser-plugin-3.28.4-11.el8_4.1, evince-libs-3.28.4-11.el8_4.1 +1
  • RHSA-2026:42692 Released 2026-07-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) evince-3.28.4-16.el8_8.1, evince-browser-plugin-3.28.4-16.el8_8.1, evince-libs-3.28.4-16.el8_8.1 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) evince-3.28.4-16.el8_8.1, evince-browser-plugin-3.28.4-16.el8_8.1, evince-libs-3.28.4-16.el8_8.1 +1
Show 6 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2026:41904 Released 2026-07-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) evince-3.28.2-11.el7_9, evince-dvi-3.28.2-11.el7_9, evince-libs-3.28.2-11.el7_9 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) evince-browser-plugin-3.28.2-11.el7_9, evince-devel-3.28.2-11.el7_9, evince-devel-3.28.2-11.el7_9.ppc
  • RHSA-2026:39115 Released 2026-07-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) evince-40.5-2.el9_2.1, evince-libs-40.5-2.el9_2.1, evince-nautilus-40.5-2.el9_2.1 +2
  • RHSA-2026:33416 Released 2026-06-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) evince-40.5-2.el9_4.1, evince-libs-40.5-2.el9_4.1, evince-nautilus-40.5-2.el9_4.1 +2
  • RHSA-2026:33169 Released 2026-06-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) evince-40.5-2.el9_6.1, evince-libs-40.5-2.el9_6.1, evince-nautilus-40.5-2.el9_6.1 +2
  • RHSA-2026:28998 Released 2026-06-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) evince-3.28.4-17.el8_10, evince-browser-plugin-3.28.4-17.el8_10, evince-libs-3.28.4-17.el8_10 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) evince-devel-3.28.4-17.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:27819 Released 2026-06-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    evince security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) evince-40.5-4.el9_8.1, evince-libs-40.5-4.el9_8.1, evince-nautilus-40.5-4.el9_8.1 +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:28998
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:27819
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:43398
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:46467
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2026:42692
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2026:39115
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:33416
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:33169
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2026:43398
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2026:46467
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2026:42692
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:28998
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)Fixed RHSA-2026:41904
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)Fixed RHSA-2026:41904

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46529

References

  • TI-2023-28344 Atril's CBT comic book parsing vulnerable to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2023-28577 Path traversal via crafted cpio archives in Engrampa archivers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2023-28520 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Atril's EPUB ebook parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2018-14686 mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2012-04676 The default configuration in mate-settings-daemon 1.5.3 allows local users to change the… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

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