CVE-2026-110636
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
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
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.