Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.32.0, the /forms/chromium/convert/url and /forms/chromium/screenshot/url routes accept url=file:///tmp/... from anonymous callers. The default Chromium deny-list intentionally exempts file:///tmp/ so HTML/Markdown routes can load their own request-local assets, and those routes apply a per-request AllowedFilePrefixes guard to scope the read. The URL routes never set AllowedFilePrefixes, so the scope guard silently skips. Alice enumerates /tmp/, walks Gotenberg's per-request working directories, and reads the raw source files of other in-flight conversions as rendered PDF output. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.32.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g924-cjx7-2rjw Gotenberg allows Chromium URL conversion routes to read arbitrary files under /tmp via file:// scheme
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Thu, 14 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.32.0, the /forms/chromium/convert/url and /forms/chromium/screenshot/url routes accept url=file:///tmp/... from anonymous callers. The default Chromium deny-list intentionally exempts file:///tmp/ so HTML/Markdown routes can load their own request-local assets, and those routes apply a per-request AllowedFilePrefixes guard to scope the read. The URL routes never set AllowedFilePrefixes, so the scope guard silently skips. Alice enumerates /tmp/, walks Gotenberg's per-request working directories, and reads the raw source files of other in-flight conversions as rendered PDF output. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.32.0.
Title Gotenberg: Chromium URL conversion routes read arbitrary files under /tmp via file:// scheme
Weaknesses CWE-73
CWE-918
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T18:04:08.631Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-42597

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T18:04:00.523Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-14T16:16:23.037

Modified: 2026-05-14T18:16:48.200

Link: CVE-2026-42597

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Updated: 2026-05-14T17:45:25Z

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