CVE-2026-4980 | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Inkscape

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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.

Published: 2026-03-27 Last update: 2026-05-26 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-4980 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2026-4980

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-4980

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-28 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-4980

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-4980

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-4980

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-4980 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (inkscape), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-4980
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4980
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4980/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-4980 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (inkscape), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 5, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-4980

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-4980

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
inkscape inkscape >= 1.1, < 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-4980

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