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● CVE — Low

CVE-2026-40505

VendorartifexProductmupdfDiscoveredApr 16, 2026UpdatedOct 26, 2026

MuPDF before 1.27 contains an ANSI injection vulnerability in mutool that allows attackers to inject arbitrary ANSI escape sequences through crafted PDF metadata fields. Attackers can embed malicious ANSI escape codes in PDF metadata that are passed unsanitized to terminal output when running mutool info, enabling them to manipulate terminal display for social engineering attacks such as presenting fake prompts or spoofed commands.

CVSS v3.1
3.3 LOW
EPSS
0.17%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Sep 25, 2026 → Oct 26, 2026
▼ 0.02pp
0.19% → 0.17% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityLOW
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Apr 16, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Oct 26, 2026