CVE-2026-63729

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.66.6
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 6.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-21. The CNA's CVSS baseline 6.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: the CNA's CVSS, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory
Trending — 3 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-46144 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

6.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 6.6Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The SyncTeX parser (synctex_parser.c) shipped with TeX Live and embedded by downstream consumers such as GNOME Evince contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a malformed .synctex or .synctex.gz file. A malformed SyncTeX file can construct a ref node with a NULL parent pointer, causing the replacement routine to fail to detach the node from its sibling chain, which triggers recursive freeing of live tree nodes and leaves dangling pointers that are later accessed by the parser during document load.

CVSS v3
6.6
EG Score
6.6MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
30
EG Risk 30/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity66% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 6.6 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.2% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
7th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (6.6): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 6.6 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
6.6 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-24). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

September 24, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jul 21, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit.
Web page

TeX Live SyncTeX Parser Heap Use-After-Free via Malformed SyncTeX File | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tex-live-synctex-parser-heap-use-after-free-via-malformed-synctex-file
GitHub commit

commit 002dcd3eac30 (TeX-Live/texlive-source)

Fix landed in TeX-Live/texlive-source commit 002dcd3eac30 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/002dcd3eac30db5c352f53d4181737961cc7ee9a
Web page

GitHub - TeX-Live/texlive-source: source part of the TeX Live subversion repository - for issues please contact the tex-k mailing list at tug.org · GitHub

https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/
Web page

Use-After-Free in SyncTeX Parser | Fatih's Blog

https://fatihhcelik.github.io/posts/evince-synctex-heap-use-after-free/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-63729(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(12 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
okular4:20.12.3-2 ... 4:26.04.2-1 (40 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
texlive-bin2020.20200327.54578-7 ... 2026.20260303.78225+ds-4 (38 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
texstudio3.0.4+ds-1 ... 4.9.6+ds-1 (25 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:12(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
okular4:22.12.3-1 ... 4:26.08.0-1 (22 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
texlive-bin2022.20220321.62855-5.1 ... 2026.20260303.78225+ds-5 (32 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
texstudio4.3.1+ds-2 ... 4.9.7+ds-1 (19 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:13(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
okular4:25.04.2-1 ... 4:26.08.0-1 (8 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
texlive-bin2024.20240313.70630+ds-6 ... 2026.20260303.78225+ds-5 (12 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
texstudio4.8.7+ds-1 ... 4.9.7+ds-1 (8 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:14(3)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
okular4:25.04.2-1 ... 4:26.08.0-1 (7 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
texlive-bin2024.20240313.70630+ds-6 ... 2026.20260303.78225+ds-1 (8 versions)
  • every version up to 2026.20260303.78225+ds-2: fixed in 2026.20260303.78225+ds-2
—
texstudio4.8.7+ds-1 ... 4.9.2+ds-1 (6 versions)
  • every version up to 4.9.6+ds-1: fixed in 4.9.6+ds-1
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 195 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 95 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  2. 2026-10-25 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  3. 2026-10-25 14:13 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  5. 2026-10-23 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  6. 2026-10-22 19:49 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-22 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  8. 2026-10-22 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
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  13. 2026-10-18 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
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  20. 2026-10-12 15:48 UTCEG score recompute
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  24. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
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  6. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  7. 2026-10-04 14:52 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-04 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  9. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
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  12. 2026-10-01 07:38 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-01 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  14. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  15. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  16. 2026-09-28 06:15 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-28 06:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  18. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  19. 2026-09-24 15:01 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-24 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  21. 2026-09-24 03:26 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-24 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  23. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  24. 2026-09-23 01:34 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-23 01:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  26. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  27. 2026-09-20 06:09 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-20 06:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  29. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  30. 2026-09-18 03:53 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-09-18 03:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  32. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  34. 2026-09-16 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  35. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  36. 2026-09-13 13:49 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-13 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  39. 2026-09-12 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  40. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  43. 2026-09-11 09:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  45. 2026-09-09 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  48. 2026-09-07 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  51. 2026-09-06 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  53. 2026-09-05 09:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  56. 2026-09-02 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  60. 2026-08-31 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  61. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  63. 2026-08-30 02:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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  67. 2026-08-27 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  68. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  70. 2026-08-26 21:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
  71. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  73. 2026-08-25 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-jf22-92mg-7xxh · GitHub CVSS 6.6
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-63729?
CVE-2026-63729 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 21, 2026. The SyncTeX parser (synctex_parser.c) shipped with TeX Live and embedded by downstream consumers such as GNOME Evince contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a malformed .synctex or .synctex.gz file.…
When was CVE-2026-63729 made public?
CVE-2026-63729 was made public on July 20, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, VulnCheck, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 24, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-63729 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-63729 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-63729?
CVE-2026-63729 has a CVSS base score of 6.6 (the CNA's own assessment, by vulncheck; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-63729?
A fix for CVE-2026-63729 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-63729 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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