CVE-2026-3029 (GCVE-0-2026-3029)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 15:53 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:08
VLAI
Title
CVE-2026-3029
Summary
A path traversal and arbitrary file write vulnerability exist in the embedded get function in '_main_.py' in PyMuPDF version, 1.26.5.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
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CWE
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