CVE-2026-110636

pypdftk through 0.5 OS Command Injection via PDF and Output Paths

Published Oct 14, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Revolunet
Revolunet pypdftk
Vendors & Products Revolunet
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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 20, 2026, 1:21 AM
Reserved
Oct 14, 2026, 1:07 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 14, 2026, 3:17 PM
Modified
Oct 20, 2026, 2:17 AM