CVE-2026-93653 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on September 18, 2026
Poppler: poppler: unbounded cpu loop in splashoutputdev::tilingpatternfill via unvalidated tiling-pattern repeat count (denial of service)
A denial of service flaw was found in Poppler's Splash backend. A crafted PDF with tiling-pattern geometry approaching the int32 boundary can cause SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill to compute an attacker-controlled repeat count that drives an excessively long loop in the pattern-fill scanline routine, without a corresponding memory allocation. An attacker could exploit this by supplying a malicious PDF to an application that renders it via Poppler's Splash backend, causing the rendering process to consume 100% CPU for an attacker-controlled, extended duration.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-93653 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 5 days later.
Weakness Type
Unchecked Input for Loop Condition
The product does not properly check inputs that are used for loop conditions, potentially leading to a denial of service or other consequences because of excessive looping.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-93653
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