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Medium 5.9Published May 14, 2026

CVE-2026-42597Gotenberg: Chromium URL conversion routes read arbitrary files under /tmp via file:// scheme

Updated under an hour ago ()

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-73, 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
Analyzed
Record last updated
May 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
gotenberg gotenberg
gotenberg:gotenberg (from the name)
before 8.32.0
CNA record
thecodingmachine gotenberg
thecodingmachine:gotenberg
before 8.32.0
NVD

References

  • x-refsource-confirm, exploit, mitigation, vendor-advisory

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