CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-85618
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-09-04
- Last modified
- 2026-09-10
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
ConvertX 0.17.0 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the xelatex converter that allows authenticated users to read files by uploading LaTeX files with input directives. Attackers can upload .tex files containing \\input{path} or \\verbatiminput{path} directives to have the TeX engine read arbitrary files accessible to the server process and include them in downloadable PDF output.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX github.com
- https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX/blob/v0.18.0/src/converters/xelatex.ts github.com
- https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX/issues/573 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/convertx-0.17.0-arbitrary-file-read-via-latex-input-directives www.vulncheck.com