Advisory record · GHSA-7v3r-m9c8-r855

Gotenberg's ExifTool group-prefix syntax bypasses dangerous-tag blocklist

CVSS 8.2 HighEPSS 0.0029 · 21st percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 7 May 2026, 00:55 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8Go<=8.29.1No fixed version yet
Identifiers
GHSA-7v3r-m9c8-r855 · CVE-2026-42590 · GO-2026-5234
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-184
Published
7 May 2026
Updated
21 Jul 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Gotenberg v8, versions up to and including 8.29.1, has an ExifTool metadata write blocklist that can be bypassed with ExifTool's group-prefix syntax, such as "File:FileName". An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the service can then rename, move, or create hard links and symbolic links to files inside the container, and in some deployments read or overwrite files. The source gives few details on the exact preconditions. No fixed version is listed.

Written 6 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.2 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0029, the 21st percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:05 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:05 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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