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Amazon Linux 2 : atril, --advisory ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2026-011 (ALASMATE-DESKTOP1.X-2026-011)

high Nessus Plugin ID 319790

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of atril installed on the remote host is prior to 1.20.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2026-011 advisory.

 CVE-2026-46529 is a command injection vulnerability in Evince, Atril, and Xreader caused by missing quoting of shell-like input in ev_spawn() in ev-application.c. (CVE-2026-46529)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update atril' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2026-011' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2026-011.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-46529.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 319790

File Name: al2_ALASMATE-DESKTOP1_X-2026-011.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2026

Updated: 6/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46529

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:atril, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:atril-caja, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:atril-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:atril-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:atril-thumbnailer, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:atril-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46529