CVE-2026-40505EPSS p5.8%

CVE-2026-40505CVE-2026-40505

artifex / mupdf

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.3 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS0.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 5.8% · 2026-10-27T12:03:15Z
Last modified2026-10-26
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.