Medium 5.8Published Oct 22, 2026

CVE-2026-114609fpdf2 implicitly loads external URLs and local image paths when rendering attacker-controlled content

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 11:00 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

fpdf2 is a PDF creation library for Python. Prior to 2.8.8, fpdf2's shared image loader automatically dereferences attacker-controlled HTTP(S) URLs and raw local paths supplied through FPDF.image(), FPDF.write_html() HTML <img src> values, SVG <image href> or xlink:href values, and template image fields. This can cause outbound requests to attacker-selected internal or external services and local file open attempts, although local content is exposed only when it is a valid supported image or SVG resource. file:// URLs are not specially handled, so the local-path case requires a raw filesystem path. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.8.

CVSS: 5.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-918
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 22, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 22, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

py-pdf fpdf2 py_pdf:fpdf2 (from the name)	before 2.8.8	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/security/advisories/GHSA-rw7v-4hrq-x6r9	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/pull/1824	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/pull/1857	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/commit/0d27190a8c907e02ebe9cd881471a14d0622b432	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/commit/6e23f610b7946e96e9a5dd0535dcbfbe7ac1397d	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/releases/tag/2.8.8	x-refsource-misc

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