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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.3

CVE-2026-4980 json

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Inkscape

published 2026-03-27 7 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-16659

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A local file disclosure vulnerability in the XInclude processing component of Inkscape 1.1 before 1.3 allows a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted SVG file containing malicious xi:include tags.

Patch / fix

  • Inkscape Inkscape 1.3
  • inkscape Debian 12 1.2.2-2+deb12u1
  • inkscape Debian 14, Debian 13 1.4-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4980

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-4980 updated cvss 6.3

Inkscape: Inkscape: Information disclosure via crafted SVG file with malicious XInclude tags

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 inkscape, inkscape-view
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Red Hat is not aware of a practical temporary workaround that fully mitigates this issue or meets Red Hat Product Security's standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 inkscape, inkscape-view Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 inkscape, inkscape-view Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 inkscape, inkscape1, inkscape-view, inkscape1-view
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/work_items/3557 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Inkscape Inkscape

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.