Medium 6.3Published Oct 3, 2026

CVE-2026-104983Linux Mint Xreader PDF Attachment Saving ev-window.c g_file_get_child path traversal

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:30 UTC)

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Mint Xreader up to 4.6.9. Impacted is the function g_file_get_child of the file shell/ev-window.c of the component PDF Attachment Saving Handler. Such manipulation of the argument attachment leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. One of the project maintainers closed this issue as "completed", because "EPUB support was removed from Xreader and reimplemented in Xepub". Code analysis indicates that this might be a misunderstanding of the situation.

CVSS: 6.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Mint Xreader linux_mint:xreader	4.6.0; 4.6.1; 4.6.2; 4.6.3; 4.6.4; 4.6.5; 4.6.6; 4.6.7; and 2 more ranges	CNA record

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/413199vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413199/ctisignature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-104983third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/964349third-party-advisory
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues/714issue-tracking
https://gist.github.com/rodtvs/63a34e7b20a9f97a1a7167a8a1db49c2exploit

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