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medium 5.9

CVE-2026-42597 json

Gotenberg: Chromium URL conversion routes read arbitrary files under /tmp via file:// scheme

published 6mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-30317 , GHSA-g924-cjx7-2rjw , GO-2026-5395

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.32.0, the /forms/chromium/convert/url and /forms/chromium/screenshot/url routes accept url=file:///tmp/... from anonymous callers. The default Chromium deny-list intentionally exempts file:///tmp/ so HTML/Markdown routes can load their own request-local assets, and those routes apply a per-request AllowedFilePrefixes guard to scope the read. The URL routes never set AllowedFilePrefixes, so the scope guard silently skips. Alice enumerates /tmp/, walks Gotenberg's per-request working directories, and reads the raw source files of other in-flight conversions as rendered PDF output. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.32.0.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 8.32.0
  • thecodingmachine gotenberg 8.32.0
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/security/advisories/GHSA-g924-cjx7-2rjw referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8
<8.32.0
8.32.0
go github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7
<=7.10.2
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • gotenberg gotenberg

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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