---
id: CVE-2026-85697
title: >-
  Documenso 2.17.0 contains an access control vulnerability in the PDF-serving
  endpoint that fails to validate document visibility settings
summary: >-
  Documenso 2.17.0 contains an access control vulnerability in the PDF-serving
  endpoint that fails to validate document visibility settings. Attackers with
  low privileges can read restricted documents within their team or cross-tenant
  by l…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
published: '2026-09-04'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T20:43:32.537'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85697'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/documenso/documenso'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/documenso/documenso/blob/v2.17.0/apps/remix/server/api/files/files.helpers.ts
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/documenso/documenso/issues/3112'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/documenso-2.17.0-pdf-route-ignores-document-visibility
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/documenso/documenso/issues/3112'
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00415
epssPercentile: 0.33042
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T20:51:40.244Z'
---

## Overview

Documenso 2.17.0 contains an access control vulnerability in the PDF-serving endpoint that fails to validate document visibility settings. Attackers with low privileges can read restricted documents within their team or cross-tenant by leveraging missing ownership validation on document data identifiers.

## Remediation

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