Arbitrary file disclosure via unrestricted Node reads
Published Jan 5, 2026 · Updated Jan 5, 2026
Path traversal in jsPDF before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary server files through Node.js PDF generation. The Node.js loadFile method passes an attacker-controlled path to unrestricted filesystem reads, and addImage, html, and addFont expose the same operation. Exploitation requires an application to pass an unsanitized path into an affected method; the retrieved bytes are embedded verbatim in the generated PDF.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in jsPDF before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary server files through Node.js PDF generation. The Node.js loadFile method passes an attacker-controlled path to unrestricted filesystem reads, and addImage, html, and addFont expose the same operation. Exploitation requires an application to pass an unsanitized path into an affected method; the retrieved bytes are embedded verbatim in the generated PDF.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-68428
- Published
- Jan 5, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Parallax
- Product
- jsPDF
- Classifications
- CWE-73, CWE-35, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.0.0
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Upstream addImage local-file read exampleproof of concept · demonstrated
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