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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-15569 · published 10 February 2026

CVE-2025-15569: Untrusted search path vulnerability

A flaw has been found in Artifex MuPDF up to 1.26.1 on Windows. The impacted element is the function get_system_dpi of the file platform/x11/win_main.c. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. The attack requires local access. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. Upgrading to version 1.26.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. Patch name: ebb125334eb007d64e579204af3c264aadf2e244. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

7.3 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 0.12% · top 98.4% CWE-426 · Untrusted search pathCWE-427 · Uncontrolled search path element Deferred
7.3CVSS 4.0 base score, v2 6.0
0.12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
0Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A flaw has been found in Artifex MuPDF up to 1.26.1 on Windows. The impacted element is the function get_system_dpi of the file platform/x11/win_main.c. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. The attack requires local access. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. Upgrading to version 1.26.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. Patch name: ebb125334eb007d64e579204af3c264aadf2e244. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

References

LinkTags
https://artifex.com/
https://casper.mupdf.com/downloads/archive/mupdf-1.26.2-windows.zip
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=ebb125334eb007d64e579204af3c264aadf2e244
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.344924
https://vuldb.com/?id.344924
https://vuldb.com/?submit.750978

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-15569), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.