Bug 2487669 (CVE-2026-46529) - CVE-2026-46529 atril: evince: xreader: PDF /GoToR action argv injection enables single-click RCE via --gtk-module dlopen
Summary: CVE-2026-46529 atril: evince: xreader: PDF /GoToR action argv injection enabl...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46529
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2487899 2487900 2487901
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-06-10 20:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-24 12:52 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:27819 0 None None None 2026-06-22 10:56:20 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:28998 0 None None None 2026-06-24 12:52:29 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-10 20:01:45 UTC
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.

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-22 10:56:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:27819 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27819

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-24 12:52:28 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:28998 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28998


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