CVE-2026-110642
Description
xhtml2pdf before 0.2.19 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in pisa.startViewer() that allows attackers to execute commands by interpolating unescaped file names into os.system. Attackers can supply an input file whose name contains a double quote and shell metacharacters, which runs OS commands as the invoking user when the pisa tool is used with -s/--start-viewer.
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/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/blob/v0.2.18/xhtml2pdf/pisa.py#L393-L400
- https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/commit/f86380dad15b3a6810201d08755a3ee6b19d5063
- https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/pull/835
- https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/releases/tag/v0.2.19
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xhtml2pdf-before-0.2.19-os-command-injection-via-startviewer-file-name
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.