UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
poppler vulnerability
USN-8400-1 Published Jun 8, 2026
CVE-2026-10118
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF tiling patterns in the Splash backend. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service. Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 25.10, 24.04, 22.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-10118.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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