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Vulnerability record

CVE-2026-126779

highCVSS 4.0 8.7Published · spatie

The short answer

CVE-2026-126779 affects spatie browsershot and is rated high (CVSS 8.7). It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

What it is

Spatie Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows attackers to read server files by supplying root-relative references in HTML passed to setHtml(). Attackers can embed iframe, img, link or script elements referencing paths like /etc/passwd, which resolve to file:// URLs and render file contents into the returned PDF or screenshot.

Weakness: CWE-73.

Severity

8.7 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Exploited (CISA KEV)

Not listed

CISA lists confirmed exploitation only

EPSS, next 30 days

No score

FIRST scores CVEs within a day of publication

How it can be exploited

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Affected products

browsershot. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.

References

Questions

Is CVE-2026-126779 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 2026-11-12.

How do I fix CVE-2026-126779?

Follow the vendor advisory in the references below. NVD lists the affected versions under its configurations.

From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Received. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.

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