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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-40281

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files.

Published May 6, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Gotenberg is a Docker-powered

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-40281. EPSS is 2.09%. Act only if a listed version of Gotenberg is a Docker-powered is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Gotenberg is a Docker-powered).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
2.09%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe thecodingmachine/gotenberg · stated gotenberg

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. In versions 8.30.1 and earlier, the metadata write endpoint validates metadata keys for control characters but leaves metadata values unsanitized. A newline character in a metadata value splits the ExifTool stdin line into two separate arguments, allowing injection of arbitrary ExifTool pseudo-tags such as -FileName, -Directory, -SymLink, and -HardLink. This is a bypass of the incomplete key-sanitization fix introduced in v8.30.1. An unauthenticated attacker can rename or move any PDF being processed to an arbitrary path in the container filesystem, overwrite arbitrary files, or create symlinks and hard links at arbitrary paths.

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  • cpe thecodingmachine/gotenbergversion unspecified
  • stated gotenberg<= 8.30.1

How to fix CVE-2026-40281

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-40281. EPSS is 2.09%. Act only if a listed version of Gotenberg is a Docker-powered is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 8.30.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-88. EPSS 2.09%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 6, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. In versions 8.30.1 and earlier, the metadata write endpoint validates metadata keys for control characters but leaves metadata values unsanitized. A newline character in a metadata value splits the ExifTool stdin line into two separate arguments, allowing injection of arbitrary ExifTool pseudo-tags such as -FileName, -Directory, -SymLink,

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. In versions 8.30.1 and earlier, the metadata write endpoint validates metadata keys for control characters but leaves metadata values unsanitized. A newline character in a metadata value splits the ExifTool stdin line into two separate arguments, allowing injection of arbitrary ExifTool pseudo-tags such as -FileName, -Directory, -SymLink,

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40281

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-40281

    30-day exploitation probability 2.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40281

    Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. In versions 8.30.1 and earlier, the metadata write endpoint validates metadata keys for control characters but leaves metadata values unsanitized. A newline character in a metadata value splits the ExifTool stdin line int

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.