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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-85714

Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files.

Published Oct 14, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-85714. EPSS is 0.63%. Act only if a listed version of Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • 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
0.63%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF

Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.13.2, an authenticated administrator using the default H2 database and security mode can upload a crafted SQL file to POST /api/v1/database/import-database. DatabaseService.validateSqlContent() splits normalized input on semicolons and accepts a statement when it contains any allowed keyword, allowing dangerous H2 functions such as FILE_READ and CSVWRITE, plus CREATE ALIAS, to bypass the insufficient whitelist and execute side effects when RUNSCRIPT processes the file. This permits arbitrary file access. The demonstrated operating-system command execution chain writes attacker-controlled startup files to a user-site location and then triggers an application Python interpreter configured to load those startup files, resulting in command execution as the JVM service account. This issue is fixed in version 2.13.2.

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  • vendor Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDFversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-85714

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-2026-85714. EPSS is 0.63%. Act only if a listed version of Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 0.63%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.13.2, an authenticated administrator using the default H2 database and security mode can upload a crafted SQL file to POST /api/v1/database/import-database. DatabaseService.validateSqlContent() splits normalized input on semicolons and accepts a statement when it contains any allowed keywo

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.13.2, an authenticated administrator using the default H2 database and security mode can upload a crafted SQL file to POST /api/v1/database/import-database. DatabaseService.validateSqlContent() splits normalized input on semicolons and accepts a statement when it contains any allowed keywo

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-85714

    Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.13.2, an authenticated administrator using the default H2 database and security mode can upload a crafted SQL file to POST /api/v1/database/import-database. DatabaseServi

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-85714

    30-day exploitation probability 0.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-85714

    Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.13.2, an authenticated administrator using the default H2 database and security mode can upload a crafted SQL file to POST /api/v1/database/import-database. DatabaseServi

    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.