CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-44829

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.37%

30th percentile - higher than 30% of all known CVEs

Summary

Gotenberg in version 8.32.0 and earlier has a vulnerability in filename handling where filepath.Base on Linux does not treat backslashes as path separators, so a multipart filename containing Windows-style parent directory components survives sanitization. A remote attacker can submit such a name, and when the resulting archive is extracted on a Windows system, files can be written outside the intended directory. This issue is fixed in version 8.33.0.

Risk Assessment

The attack can lead to arbitrary file writes on a downstream Windows system, potentially enabling overwriting sensitive files or malware installation.

Recommendation

Update Gotenberg to version 8.33.0 or later.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. In 8.32.0 and earlier, filename handling in pkg/modules/api/context.go uses filepath.Base on Linux, which does not treat backslashes as path separators, so a multipart filename containing Windows-style parent directory components survives sanitization. The original filename flows through ctx.diskToOriginal and the multi-output PDF routes into archives.FilesFromDisk and archives.Zip.Archive as the generated zip entry name. A remote attacker can submit a name such as ........\Windows\System32\evil.pdf through an upload or an upstream downloadFrom Content-Disposition header, and a Windows archive extractor can write the resulting file outside the intended extraction directory. The affected paths include /forms/pdfengines/split and other multi-output PDF, LibreOffice, and conversion routes, and exploitation can cause arbitrary file writes on a downstream Windows system when a user or process extracts the returned archive. This issue is fixed in version 8.33.0.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS