CVE-2026-104983

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 v3 6.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

6.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/rodtvs/63a34e7b20a9f97a1a7167a8a1db49c2
https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues/714
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-104983
https://vuldb.com/submit/964349
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413199
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413199/cti

Configurations

No configuration.

History

03 Oct 2026, 11:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-03 11:17

Updated : 2026-10-06 15:04

NVD link : CVE-2026-104983

Mitre link : CVE-2026-104983

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-104983

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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