CVE-2026-78637

A vulnerability was detected in Fdawgs node-poppler up to 9.1.2/10.0.1. The impacted element is the function pdfInfo/pdfToText/pdfToCairo/pdfToPpm/pdfImages/pdfToHtml/pdfToPs/pdfFonts/pdfDetach/pdfAttach/pdfSeparate/pdfUnite of the file src/index.js of the component Argument Injection Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument file_path results in argument injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The patch is named db6e3f79d3beb20601be7e59669c39811ae3c330. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/
https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/commit/db6e3f79d3beb20601be7e59669c39811ae3c330
https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/issues/822
https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/pull/842
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78637
https://vuldb.com/submit/886399
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394864
https://vuldb.com/vuln/394864/cti
https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/issues/822

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-25 05:17

Updated : 2026-08-26 16:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-78637

Mitre link : CVE-2026-78637

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-78637

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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