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CVE-2026-110636NVD
Vulnerability Summary
pypdftk through 0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in fill_form(), dump_data_fields(), and pdftk_cmd_util() that builds shell commands from caller-supplied paths. Attackers controlling pdf_path or out_file can inject shell metacharacters interpreted by subprocess.Popen with shell=True to execute OS commands as the Python process.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 9.3 (CRITICAL)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Attack RequirementsNone
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)High
Integrity (Vulnerable System)High
Availability (Vulnerable System)High
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)None
Integrity (Subsequent System)None
Availability (Subsequent System)None
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 9.8 (CRITICAL)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
Affected & Patched Versions
- revolunet pypdftk <= 0.5
- revolunet pypdftk 0.5
External References
- https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/issues/56
- https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/pull/57
- https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/blob/1d3b40c3b42fb3cc6b0192d34aba2c21a1efd369/pypdftk.py#L87-L123
- https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pypdftk-through-0.5-os-command-injection-via-pdf-and-output-paths