Is CVE-2023-51698 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-51698 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-51698?

CVE-2023-51698 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-51698?

CVE-2023-51698 has an EPSS score of 2.34% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-51698?

Upgrade atril on debian 11 to 1.24.0-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-51698

CRITICALEPSS 82th pctl

9.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. Atril is vulnerable to a critical Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability gives the attacker immediate access to the target system when the target user opens a crafted document or clicks on a crafted link/URL using a maliciously crafted CBT document which is a TAR archive. A patch is available at commit ce41df6.

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

atrilDebian

Fixed in:1.24.0-1+deb11u1CVE-2023-51698

Fixed in:1.26.0-2+deb12u2CVE-2023-51698

Fixed in:1.26.1-4CVE-2023-51698

atrilUbuntu

Fixed in:1.20.1-2ubuntu2+esm2USN-7274-1

Fixed in:1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2USN-7274-1

Fixed in:1.26.0-1ubuntu1.2USN-7274-1

atril-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:1.20.1-2ubuntu2+esm2USN-7274-1

Fixed in:1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2USN-7274-1

Fixed in:1.26.0-1ubuntu1.2USN-7274-1

libatrildocument3Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.20.1-2ubuntu2+esm2USN-7274-1

Fixed in:1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2USN-7274-1

Fixed in:1.26.0-1ubuntu1.2USN-7274-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

github.com

Mailing List2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-78 (OS Command Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-1498	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2014-6271	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-16920	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-44877	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-8515	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-9054	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-10.