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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 : poppler vulnerability (USN-8950-1)

🗓️ 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Poppler incorrectly handles password length limits when decrypting PDF files, causing DoS.

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Family
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-107705
8 Oct 202619:51
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-107705 Poppler 0.42.0 through 26.10.0 Stack Buffer Overflow via Decrypt::revision6Hash()
8 Oct 202619:51
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-107705
8 Oct 202619:51
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-95208
8 Oct 202619:51
–euvd
mend
Mend
CVE-2026-107705
8 Oct 202619:51
–mend
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-107705
8 Oct 202620:17
–nvd
opensuse
OPENSUSE Linux
libpoppler-cpp3-26.10.0-1.1 on GA media (moderate)
28 Oct 202600:00
–opensuse
osv_bell
osv_bell
BELL-CVE-2026-107705
9 Oct 202606:05
–osv_bell
osv_clsa
osv_clsa
CLSA-2026-1791810115 poppler: Fix of CVE-2026-107705
12 Oct 202613:02
–osv_clsa
osv_cve
osv_cve
CVE-2026-107705 Poppler 0.42.0 through 26.10.0 Stack Buffer Overflow via Decrypt::revision6Hash()
8 Oct 202619:51
–osv_cve
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8950-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(370516);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-107705");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8950-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 : poppler vulnerability (USN-8950-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8950-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled the password length limit when decrypting certain
    encrypted PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8950-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-107705");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/10/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-poppler-0.18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp0t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp0v5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-cpp3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-glib8t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt5-1t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler-qt6-3t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler118");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler134");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler156");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpoppler162");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:poppler-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release || '26.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 26.04 / 26.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-poppler-0.18', 'pkgver': '22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-cpp0v5', 'pkgver': '22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-glib8', 'pkgver': '22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-qt5-1', 'pkgver': '22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler118', 'pkgver': '22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'poppler-utils', 'pkgver': '22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-poppler-0.18', 'pkgver': '24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-cpp0t64', 'pkgver': '24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-glib8t64', 'pkgver': '24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-qt5-1t64', 'pkgver': '24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-qt6-3t64', 'pkgver': '24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler134', 'pkgver': '24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'poppler-utils', 'pkgver': '24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-poppler-0.18', 'pkgver': '26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-cpp3', 'pkgver': '26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-glib8t64', 'pkgver': '26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-qt5-1t64', 'pkgver': '26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-qt6-3t64', 'pkgver': '26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler156', 'pkgver': '26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'poppler-utils', 'pkgver': '26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-poppler-0.18', 'pkgver': '26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-cpp3', 'pkgver': '26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-glib8t64', 'pkgver': '26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-qt5-1t64', 'pkgver': '26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler-qt6-3t64', 'pkgver': '26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'libpoppler162', 'pkgver': '26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'poppler-utils', 'pkgver': '26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'gir1.2-poppler-0.18 / libpoppler-cpp0t64 / libpoppler-cpp0v5 / etc');
}

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22 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
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CVSS 3.16.5
CVSS 48.3
EPSS0.00324
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