CVE-2026-57485: Stirling-PDF < 2.9.0

CVE-2026-57485. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.5 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00421 (percentile 0.3537), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Stirling-PDF · < 2.9.0
Stirling-Tools

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

An authenticated ROLE_USER can retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.5/10) rates confidentiality impact as high; integrity impact as low; availability impact as none.

Published 23-Oct-2026 16:20 UTC

CWE: CWE-200, CWE-522
CCR priority: 34.1 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00421 · percentile 0.3537 · 2026-10-22
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-23 16:20:36.797830+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-57485.html