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CVE-2026-104067: Scribus · Out-of-bounds Write

Affects ScribusSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High : upgrade to 1.6.7 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:20 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.08.5
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.17.8
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.6.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Scribus to 1.6.7.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ScribusScribusAffected
  • <1.6.7
Fixed in
  • 1.6.7

AI-suggested

Upgrade Scribus to version 1.6.7 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation or workaround is documented. Users should apply the official update to remediate this issue.

Description

CVE-2026-104067 is an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in Scribus versions before 1.6.7. It occurs in the importsvm plugin when it fails to verify that bitmap and transparency mask dimensions match. An attacker can craft a malicious SVM file with mismatched mask dimensions to trigger heap reads and writes, potentially causing application crashes or arbitrary code execution under the user's privileges.

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