An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 4.1 on macOS.

published 2020-10-02 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-19085

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 4.1 on macOS. Because the Hardened Runtime protection mechanism is not applied to code signing, code injection (or an information leak) can occur.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

foxitsoftware foxit_reader 4.1
foxitsoftware phantompdf 4.1

foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

foxitsoftware.com /support/security-bulletins.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-26540
NVD CVE-2020-26540

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