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CVE-2026-78637: Fdawgs node-poppler Argument Injection index.js pdfUnite argument injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-25 · updated 2026-09-28
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Fdawgs node-poppler up to 9.1.2/10.0.1. The impacted element is the function pdfInfo/pdfToText/pdfToCairo/pdfToPpm/pdfImages/pdfToHtml/pdfToPs/pdfFonts/pdfDetach/pdfAttach/pdfSeparate/pdfUnite of the file src/index.js of the component Argument Injection Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument file_path results in argument injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The patch is named db6e3f79d3beb20601be7e59669c39811ae3c330. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Affected products

• Fdawgs node-poppler: 9.1.0, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 10.0.0, 10.0.1

References

• https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/
• https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/commit/db6e3f79d3beb20601be7e59669c39811ae3c330
• https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/issues/822
• https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/pull/842
• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-78637
• https://vuldb.com/submit/886399
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/394864
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/394864/cti
• https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/issues/822

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