CVE-2026-4980

medium

Published 2026-03-27 · Modified 2026-05-26

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CVSS v3

6.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.3

Description

A local file disclosure vulnerability in the XInclude processing component of Inkscape 1.1 before 1.3 allows a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted SVG file containing malicious xi:include tags.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

63%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.4-4`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.4-4`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.4-4`
sles		affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
inkscape	inkscape	`{"startIncluding":"1.1","endExcluding":"1.3"}`	`1.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-611

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.