USN-8950-1: poppler vulnerability

Publication date

21 October 2026

Overview

poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

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.

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.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.10 stonking libpoppler162 –  26.07.0-2ubuntu1.1
26.04 LTS resolute libpoppler156 –  26.01.0-2ubuntu0.3
24.04 LTS noble libpoppler134 –  24.02.0-1ubuntu9.11
22.04 LTS jammy libpoppler118 –  22.02.0-2ubuntu0.15

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