{"id":"CVE-2026-57485","title":"Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files","summary":"Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/Pipeline…","severity":"high","cvss":8.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-200","CWE-522"],"published":"2026-08-17","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T21:11:46.833","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57485","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/commit/de9625942bbc329fdefcfde161476a633a3b3213","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6047","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.9.0","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-3xxh-mm3g-c9w5","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-3xxh-mm3g-c9w5","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0031,"epssPercentile":0.24103,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-09T21:22:45.535Z","slug":"CVE-2026-57485","body":"## Overview\n\nStirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects the STIRLING-PDF-BACKEND-API-USER API key into pipeline subrequests, allowing an authenticated ROLE_USER to retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":47,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":46.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}