CVE-2026-85697: Documenso 2.17.0 PDF Route Ignores Document Visibility

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2026-09-04 · updated 2026-09-24
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Documenso 2.17.0 contains an access control vulnerability in the PDF-serving endpoint that fails to validate document visibility settings. Attackers with low privileges can read restricted documents within their team or cross-tenant by leveraging missing ownership validation on document data identifiers.

Affected products

documenso: through 2.17.0

References

https://github.com/documenso/documenso
https://github.com/documenso/documenso/blob/v2.17.0/apps/remix/server/api/files/files.helpers.ts
https://github.com/documenso/documenso/issues/3112
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/documenso-2.17.0-pdf-route-ignores-document-visibility
https://github.com/documenso/documenso/issues/3112

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