PT-2026-56757 · Canonical · Mailcap

Published

2026-07-08

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Updated

2026-07-08

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Aaron Rainbolt discovered that the cautious-launcher utility in the mailcap package did not properly restrict the execution of certain file types. An attacker could use this issue to escape a sandboxed application and execute arbitrary code on the host operating system.
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Related Identifiers

USN-8518-1

Affected Products

Mailcap