USN-8950-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8950-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8950-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-8950-1
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Related
Published
2026-10-21T16:53:02Z
Modified
2026-10-22T04:42:59Z
Summary
poppler vulnerability
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15

Affected versions

21.*
21.06.1-1
21.11.0-1~ubuntu2
22.*
22.02.0-2
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.1
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.2
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.3
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.4
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.5
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.6
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.7
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.8
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.9
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.10
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.11
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.12
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.13
22.02.0-2ubuntu0.14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version":  "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-cpp0v5",
            "binary_version":  "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version":  "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version":  "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler118",
            "binary_version":  "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version":  "22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2026-107705",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "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",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8950-1.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11

Affected versions

23.*
23.08.0-2ubuntu1
23.12.0-1ubuntu2
24.*
24.02.0-1ubuntu2
24.02.0-1ubuntu8
24.02.0-1ubuntu9
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.1
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.2
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.3
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.4
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.5
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.6
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.7
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.8
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.9
24.02.0-1ubuntu9.10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version":  "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-cpp0t64",
            "binary_version":  "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-glib8t64",
            "binary_version":  "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-qt5-1t64",
            "binary_version":  "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-qt6-3t64",
            "binary_version":  "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler134",
            "binary_version":  "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version":  "24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2026-107705",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "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",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8950-1.json"

Ubuntu:26.10 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

26.*
26.01.0-2build2
26.01.0-5
26.07.0-0ubuntu1
26.07.0-2
26.07.0-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version":  "26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-cpp3",
            "binary_version":  "26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-glib8t64",
            "binary_version":  "26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-qt5-1t64",
            "binary_version":  "26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-qt6-3t64",
            "binary_version":  "26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler162",
            "binary_version":  "26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version":  "26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2026-107705",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "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",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:26.10"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8950-1.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

25.*
25.03.0-10
25.03.0-11.1
26.*
26.01.0-2build2
26.01.0-2ubuntu0.1
26.01.0-2ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version":  "26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-cpp3",
            "binary_version":  "26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-glib8t64",
            "binary_version":  "26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-qt5-1t64",
            "binary_version":  "26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler-qt6-3t64",
            "binary_version":  "26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libpoppler156",
            "binary_version":  "26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version":  "26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map 
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2026-107705",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "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",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
}
source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8950-1.json"