Description
Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.32.0, pdfengines/merge, pdfengines/split, libreoffice/convert, chromium/convert/url, chromium/convert/html, and chromium/convert/markdown accept stampSource=pdf + stampExpression=/path and watermarkSource=pdf + watermarkExpression=/path from anonymous callers. The dedicated stamp/watermark routes require an uploaded file when the source type is image or pdf; these six routes only overwrite the expression when a file is uploaded, leaving the user-controlled path intact when no file is attached. pdfcpu opens the path and composites its pages onto the output PDF, which returns to the caller. An attacker reads any PDF the Gotenberg process can access on the container filesystem. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.32.0.
Published: 2026-05-14
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3cv5-q585-h563 Gotenberg has arbitrary PDF read via stampExpression and watermarkExpression in merge, split, and convert routes
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Description Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.32.0, pdfengines/merge, pdfengines/split, libreoffice/convert, chromium/convert/url, chromium/convert/html, and chromium/convert/markdown accept stampSource=pdf + stampExpression=/path and watermarkSource=pdf + watermarkExpression=/path from anonymous callers. The dedicated stamp/watermark routes require an uploaded file when the source type is image or pdf; these six routes only overwrite the expression when a file is uploaded, leaving the user-controlled path intact when no file is attached. pdfcpu opens the path and composites its pages onto the output PDF, which returns to the caller. An attacker reads any PDF the Gotenberg process can access on the container filesystem. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.32.0.
Title Gotenberg: Arbitrary PDF read via stampExpression and watermarkExpression in merge, split, and convert routes
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-73
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T19:51:47.042Z

Reserved: 2026-04-29T00:31:15.724Z

Link: CVE-2026-42593

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Updated: 2026-05-14T19:04:50.906Z

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Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-14T16:16:22.450

Modified: 2026-05-14T20:17:05.160

Link: CVE-2026-42593

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Updated: 2026-05-14T17:30:15Z

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