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CVE-2025-26525
Arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX
High8.6EPSS 0.45%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- fedora
Description
Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available (such as those with TeX Live installed).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 4.5.0 – < 4.5.2
- affected 4.4.0 – < 4.4.6
- affected 4.3.0 – < 4.3.10
- affected 4.1.0 – < 4.1.16
- unknown 4.2.0 – < 4.2.*
- unknown < 4.0.*
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmoodle/moodleGHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4hmr-39vp-xfrr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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