Medium 5.5Published Apr 27, 2026

CVE-2026-5938Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:30 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Improper control flow management allows a crafted document action chain to cause modal dialog reentry on the main thread, resulting in UI freeze and denial of service.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-691
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Foxit
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 27, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor foxit_software:foxit_pdf_editor (from the name)	Versions 2026.1 and earlier; Versions 14.0.3 and earlier; Versions 13.2.3 and earlier	CNA record
Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader foxit_software:foxit_pdf_reader (from the name)	Versions 2026.1 and earlier	CNA record
foxit pdf_editor foxit:pdf_editor	before 13.2.4; from 14.0.0 before 14.0.4; from 2023.0.0 before 2026.1.1	NVD
foxit pdf_reader foxit:pdf_reader	before 2026.1.1	NVD

References

References

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html	vendor-advisory

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