CVE record · CVE-2026-17431

PDF::WebKit versions through 1.2 for Perl allow OS command injection via a 2-arg open() of the output path in to_pdf and of stylesheet paths in _style_tag_for

CVSS 6.1 MediumEPSS 0.0095 · 61st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CPANSec) at 12 Aug 2026, 23:12 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
MITHALDU	PDF::WebKit Package name: PDF-WebKit https://cpan.org/modules	affected 1.2 and earlier custom Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-17431
CNA: CPANSec
Weakness (CWE): CWE-73 · CWE-78
Tags: MITHALDU PDF::WebKit
Path traversal
Command injection
Published: 12 Aug 2026
Updated: 13 Aug 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.1	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0095, the 61st percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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