CVE-2026-59943
Reported by GitHub_M · Published July 28, 2026
Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter for PHP. In versions 3.15 and prior, if a malicious actor can supply unrestricted content for rendering by Dompdf they can utilize the SVG rendering functionality to leak filesystem information when rendering PDF files using image references within a data-URI encoded SVG document. Using an <image> element inside a data-URI embedded SVG, an attacker can attempt to embed other files via the href or xlink:href attributes. When processing a file that does not exist (e.g. file:///DOESNOTEXIST), dompdf behaves differently than it does when accessing a file or directory that actually exists on the filesystem. This issue has been fixed in version 3.16.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| dompdf | dompdf | < 3.1.6 |
| dompdf | dompdf | 0 |
| dompdf | dompdf | < 3.1.6, < 3.1.6, < 3.1.6 |
Timeline
- Jul 22, 2026 CVE Published
- Jul 29, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Jul 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- Jul 29, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 29, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 15, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/security/advisories/GHSA-j8qw-6jw8-r297 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/6a58996865db05d8fede748507e50ac4b8c5bfd0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/releases/tag/v3.1.6 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59943 advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8qw-6jw8-r297 advisory