CVE-2026-114609
fpdf2 implicitly loads external URLs and local image paths when rendering attacker-controlled content
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.8 Medium
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 21, 2026
Description
fpdf2 is a PDF creation library for Python. Prior to 2.8.8, fpdf2's shared image loader automatically dereferences attacker-controlled HTTP(S) URLs and raw local paths supplied through FPDF.image(), FPDF.write_html() HTML <img src> values, SVG <image href> or xlink:href values, and template image fields. This can cause outbound requests to attacker-selected internal or external services and local file open attempts, although local content is exposed only when it is a valid supported image or SVG resource. file:// URLs are not specially handled, so the local-path case requires a raw filesystem path. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.8.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
fpdf2py-pdf |
|
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/security/advisories/GHSA-rw7v-4hrq-x6r9
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/pull/1824
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/pull/1857
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/commit/0d27190a8c907e02ebe9cd881471a14d0622b432
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/commit/6e23f610b7946e96e9a5dd0535dcbfbe7ac1397d
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/releases/tag/2.8.8
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