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2 vulnerabilities found for pypdftk by revolunet
CVE-2026-110636 (GCVE-0-2026-110636)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-10-14 14:17 – Updated: 2026-10-14 14:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
pypdftk through 0.5 OS Command Injection via PDF and Output Paths
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/issues/56 | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/pull/57 | issue-trackingpatch |
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/blob/1d3b40c… | technical-description |
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pypdftk-thro… | third-party-advisory |
Date Public
2026-07-02 00:00
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CVE-2026-110636 (GCVE-0-2026-110636)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 14:17 – Updated: 2026-10-14 14:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
pypdftk through 0.5 OS Command Injection via PDF and Output Paths
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/issues/56 | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/pull/57 | issue-trackingpatch |
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/blob/1d3b40c… | technical-description |
| https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk | product |
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Date Public
2026-07-02 00:00
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