What is CVE-2026-42593?

CVE-2026-42593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gotenberg, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-42593?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Gotenberg

CVE-2026-42593

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 + stampE…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (22.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gotenberg — versions < 8.32.0
Thecodingmachine Gotenberg

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-42593?: CVE-2026-42593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gotenberg, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-42593?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.