CVE-2026-42590
HIGHDescription
Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.30.0, The ExifTool metadata write blocklist in Gotenberg can be bypassed using ExifTool's group-prefix syntax, enabling arbitrary file rename, move, hardlink, and symlink creation on the server. ExifTool supports group-prefix syntax where File:FileName is processed identically to FileName -- the prefix is stripped by SetNewValue in Writer.pl before tag matching. The safeKeyPattern regex (^[a-zA-Z0-9\-_.:]+$) allows colons, so prefixed tag names pass validation. Any prefix works: File:FileName, System:Directory, a:HardLink, etc. Additionally, FilePermissions, FileUserID, and FileGroupID pseudo-tags are not blocked at all and can modify file attributes without any prefix. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.30.0.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 21% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2024-5217 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2022-43396 | High | 8.8 | 57% | - | Fix |
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| CVE-2024-5178 | Medium | 4.9 | 34% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-7489 | Critical | 9.8 | 20% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2018-6383 | High | 8.8 | 13% | - | - |
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