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CVE-2026-126799gotenberg server-side request forgery

Low priorityMedium6.9EPSS not scored yet

CVE-2026-126799 is a server-side request forgery in gotenberg, rated medium (6.9 on CVSS 4.0).

Why this priority: Medium severity, with no exploitation signal.

Published · Updated · NVD status: Received

What it is

The server can be made to fetch an address of the attacker's choosing, including internal services and cloud metadata endpoints.

How it is reached

An attacker can exploit it over the network, without an account, and nobody has to click anything. Success also depends on conditions the attacker does not fully control.

What an attacker gains

The direct impact is limited: partial access to data or a partial outage. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker make the server send requests into internal networks or cloud metadata. The damage can spread past the vulnerable component into others.

Is it being exploited?

There is no public report of exploitation yet.

What to do

  1. Upgrade gotenberg to 8.38.0 or later.
  2. Until it is patched, keep it off the internet or behind a VPN, allowlist or authenticating proxy.

Description from NVD

Gotenberg 8.31.0 before 8.38.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in IsPublicIP() that allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass private-IP deny-list protections using IPv6 zone identifiers. Attackers can append a zone such as %25eth0 to the unspecified address or blocked IPv6 prefixes in downloadFrom, webhook, or Chromium/LibreOffice URLs to reach internal services and read responses in the returned PDF.

What this means for your architecture.

A CVE names a product. Whether it matters depends on where that product sits in your systems: what reaches it, which trust boundary it guards and what it can reach once compromised. Veriom maps your components, their relationships and your trust boundaries from your code, cloud and delivery evidence, so you can see where a component like this sits. The radar itself does not look at your systems.

Components it touches

  • Services that fetch URLs or call other hosts for a caller. The flaw sits between the application and the internal network behind it.

Trust boundaries in play

  • Internet-facing entry points. No account is needed. Any instance reachable from outside your perimeter, through a load balancer, gateway, VPN or exposed admin port, is in scope.
  • Isolation between components. The impact crosses out of the vulnerable component into others it should be isolated from.
  • Between the application and the internal network behind it. An attacker who crosses it can make the server send requests into internal networks or cloud metadata.

Questions to answer about your own systems

  • Where does gotenberg run in your systems, and at which version?
  • Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
  • What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?

Sources

  • CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
  • Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
  • Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
  • Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.