Medium (6.5) in ankiweb anki. EPSS 12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in anki 24.6.
An vulnerability in the handling of Latex exists in Ankitects Anki 24.04. When Latex is sanitized to prevent unsafe commands, the verbatim package, which comes installed by default in many Latex distributions, has been overlooked. A specially crafted flashcard can lead to an arbitrary file read. An attacker can share a flashcard to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)