Untrusted Search Path Affecting sumatrapdf package, versions [,3.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SUMATRAPDF-15253613
  • published10 Feb 2026
  • disclosed9 Feb 2026
  • creditMario Romeo

Introduced: 9 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-25880  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sumatrapdf to version 3.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path in the Show in folder feature. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious binary named explorer.exe in the same directory as a PDF file and tricking the user into clicking the menu option.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1