CVE-2026-110636

EUVD-2026-101264
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.
OS Command Injection
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk
https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/blob/1d3b40c3b42fb3cc6b0192d34aba2c21a1efd369/pypdftk.py#L87-L123
https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/issues/56
https://github.com/revolunet/pypdftk/pull/57
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pypdftk-through-0.5-os-command-injection-via-pdf-and-output-paths