Security update for evince
A security update for the Evince document viewer addresses CVE-2026-46529, a high-severity command injection vulnerability affecting Evince, Atril, and Xreader. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input. The issue affects specific SUSE versions of Evince and related packages on the aarch64 architecture. No known exploits are reported in the wild. A fix has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team as part of their advisory SUSE-SU-2026:2288-1.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-46529 is a command injection vulnerability in Evince and related document viewers (Atril, Xreader) that allows execution of arbitrary commands. The vulnerability affects SUSE packages evince-3.20.2-6.30.1.aarch64, evince-browser-plugin-3.20.2-6.30.1.aarch64, and evince-devel-3.20.2-6.30.1.aarch64. The SUSE Product Security Team issued an update to address this issue, referenced in advisory SUSE-SU-2026:2288-1. No CVSS score is available, but the severity is classified as high. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems, potentially leading to system compromise or unauthorized actions. The impact is considered high severity due to the nature of command injection vulnerabilities. However, no active exploitation has been observed in the wild to date.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update fixing CVE-2026-46529 has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team (advisory SUSE-SU-2026:2288-1). Users of affected SUSE Evince packages on aarch64 architectures should apply this update promptly to remediate the vulnerability. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigations are specified.
Security update for evince
Description
A security update for the Evince document viewer addresses CVE-2026-46529, a high-severity command injection vulnerability affecting Evince, Atril, and Xreader. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input. The issue affects specific SUSE versions of Evince and related packages on the aarch64 architecture. No known exploits are reported in the wild. A fix has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team as part of their advisory SUSE-SU-2026:2288-1.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-46529 is a command injection vulnerability in Evince and related document viewers (Atril, Xreader) that allows execution of arbitrary commands. The vulnerability affects SUSE packages evince-3.20.2-6.30.1.aarch64, evince-browser-plugin-3.20.2-6.30.1.aarch64, and evince-devel-3.20.2-6.30.1.aarch64. The SUSE Product Security Team issued an update to address this issue, referenced in advisory SUSE-SU-2026:2288-1. No CVSS score is available, but the severity is classified as high. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems, potentially leading to system compromise or unauthorized actions. The impact is considered high severity due to the nature of command injection vulnerabilities. However, no active exploitation has been observed in the wild to date.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update fixing CVE-2026-46529 has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team (advisory SUSE-SU-2026:2288-1). Users of affected SUSE Evince packages on aarch64 architectures should apply this update promptly to remediate the vulnerability. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- SUSE Product Security Team
- Advisory Id
- SUSE-SU-2026:2288-1
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a248d85e29bf47b50d68906
Added to database: 6/6/2026, 9:13:41 PM
Last enriched: 6/6/2026, 9:18:37 PM
Last updated: 6/7/2026, 12:00:25 AM
Views: 6
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