---
title: "CVE-2026-107802: SumatraPDF - Command Injection"
description: "SumatraPDF <= 3.6.1 contains a command injection caused by incomplete quote-only escaping in translation text embedding in Windows command lines, letting attackers inject CLI flags when specific backends are used, exploit requires agentic CLI backend installation."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-107802/
---

# CVE-2026-107802 SumatraPDF - Command Injection

SumatraPDF <= 3.6.1 contains a command injection caused by incomplete quote-only escaping in translation text embedding in Windows command lines, letting attackers inject CLI flags when specific backends are used, exploit requires agentic CLI backend installation.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.14% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107802)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Command Injection

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

8 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-88](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version once a fix is available.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107802](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107802)
- [https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/commit/6b88a751ab34a28bafca3bdd635aaa2f4c1e06b6](https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/commit/6b88a751ab34a28bafca3bdd635aaa2f4c1e06b6)
- [https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/security/advisories/GHSA-xvxg-cwmx-hr7j](https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/security/advisories/GHSA-xvxg-cwmx-hr7j)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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