SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) in PDFMathTranslate (CVE-2026-108554)
Summary
SSRF in PDFMathTranslate (CVE-2026-108554). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
PDFMathTranslate (pdf2zh) through 1.9.11 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server fetch arbitrary URLs via the Link input. The translate_file handler passes user URLs to download_with_limit without scheme or address validation, letting attackers reach internal services and cloud metadata endpoints and retrieve returned PDFs.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-108554 has been found in PDFMathTranslate.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "PDFMathTranslate CVE-2026-108554" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-108554 (PDFMathTranslate) — CWE-918 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
SSRF (CWE-918) exists in PDFMathTranslate.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of PDFMathTranslate.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'PDFMathTranslate' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'PDFMathTranslate' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
PDFMathTranslateを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
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- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web github.com