---
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: 0.00421
epssPercentile: 0.33725
ingestedAt: '2026-09-09T21:22:45.535Z'
---

## Overview

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/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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.