CVE-2026-102621 json
Freedesktop Poppler SplashClip.cc clipToPath integer overflow
published 2026-09-29 40 d ago modified 2026-09-30 39 d ago also EUVD-2026-89437
- cvss
- 3.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A vulnerability was identified in Freedesktop Poppler up to 26.08.0. Affected is the function SplashClip::clipToPath of the file splash/SplashClip.cc. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 26.09.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 323c91036d99926a8b90dc14329f7b40aece22f8. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Patch / fix
- Freedesktop Poppler 26.09.0
- poppler Debian 14 26.07.0-3
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102621
- poppler Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 22.02.0-2ubuntu0.14
- poppler Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 24.02.0-1ubuntu9.10
- poppler Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 26.01.0-2ubuntu0.2
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102621
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- poppler hummingbird 1 26.08.0-1.2.hum1
- poppler-cpp hummingbird 1 26.08.0-1.2.hum1
- poppler-qt6 hummingbird 1 26.08.0-1.2.hum1
- poppler-glib hummingbird 1 26.08.0-1.2.hum1
- poppler-utils hummingbird 1 26.08.0-1.2.hum1
red hat advisories RHSA-2026:74469
- poppler openSUSE Tumbleweed 26.09.0-3.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11968-1
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-2026-102621 updated cvss 3.3
poppler: poppler: Denial of Service via integer overflow in SplashClip
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-qt4, poppler-glib, poppler-utils, poppler 24.02.0-10.el10affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not open untrusted PDF files with applications that use the poppler library for rendering.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-cpp, poppler-glib, poppler-demos, poppler-utils, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils, poppler 24.02.0-10.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils, poppler 24.02.0-10.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 poppler 24.02.0-10.el10affected: workaround, no fix available “Do not open untrusted PDF files with applications that use the poppler library for rendering.”
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Red Hat Hardened Images poppler 26.08.0-1.2.hum1, poppler-cpp 26.08.0-1.2.hum1, poppler-qt6 26.08.0-1.2.hum1, poppler-glib 26.08.0-1.2.hum1, poppler-utils 26.08.0-1.2.hum1fixed: vendor fix “Do not open untrusted PDF files with applications that use the poppler library for rendering.” RHSA-2026:74469
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
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 39 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/Signed-integer-overflow-in-SplashClip-clipToPath-SplashClip.cc-214.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| CNA | 3.0 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| CNA | 2.0 | 1.7 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| CNA | 4.0 | 1.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| CNA | 2.0 | 1.7 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- Freedesktop Poppler
Classification
References
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gitlab.freedesktop.org
/poppler/poppler/-/merge_requests/2325
patch
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gitlab.freedesktop.org
/poppler/poppler/-/commit/323c91036d99926a8b90dc14329f7b40aece22f8
patch
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github.com
/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/Signed-integer-overflow-in-SplashClip-clipToPath-SplashClip.cc-214.md
exploit
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vuldb.com
/vuln/411411
vdb-entry, technical-description
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vuldb.com
/vuln/411411/cti
signature, permissions-required
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vuldb.com
/cve/CVE-2026-102621
third-party-advisory
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vuldb.com
/submit/942349
third-party-advisory
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gitlab.freedesktop.org
/poppler/poppler/-/work_items/1763
related
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-102621
- NVD CVE-2026-102621
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