pypdftk through 0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in fill_form(), dump_data_fields(), and pdftk_cmd_util() that builds shell commands from caller-supplied paths. Attackers controlling pdf_path or out_file can inject shell metacharacters interpreted by subprocess.Popen with shell=True to execute OS commands as the Python process.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000
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| Description | pypdftk through 0.5 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in fill_form(), dump_data_fields(), and pdftk_cmd_util() that builds shell commands from caller-supplied paths. Attackers controlling pdf_path or out_file can inject shell metacharacters interpreted by subprocess.Popen with shell=True to execute OS commands as the Python process. | |
| Title | pypdftk through 0.5 OS Command Injection via PDF and Output Paths | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T14:17:08.465Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T13:07:32.089Z
Link: CVE-2026-110636
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:16.710
Modified: 2026-10-14T15:17:16.710
Link: CVE-2026-110636
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