CVE-2026-40280

7.5 HIGH
Published: May 05, 2026 Modified: May 08, 2026
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Description

Gotenberg is an API-based document conversion tool. In versions 8.30.1 and earlier, the default private-IP deny-lists for the --webhook-deny-list and --api-download-from-deny-list flags use a case-sensitive regular expression (^https?://) to match URL schemes. Because Go's net/url.Parse() normalizes the scheme to lowercase before establishing the outbound TCP connection, an attacker can bypass the deny-list by simply capitalizing part of the URL scheme (e.g., HTTP://, HTTPS://, or Http://). This allows unauthenticated requests to reach internal network services, including private IP ranges, loopback addresses, and cloud instance metadata endpoints such as HTTP://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/. This bypasses the same security control that was patched in CVE-2026-27018. This issue has been fixed in version 8.31.0.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjwv-57xh-xr6r
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Not Applicable
https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/security/advisories/GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/security/advisories/GHSA-5q7p-7jgv-ww56
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
37th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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