Vulnerability · Published Jan 5, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-68428jsPDF has Local File Inclusion/Path Traversal vulnerability
High 8.6
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in jsPDF from parallax. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
jsPDF is a library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. Prior to version 4.0.0, user control of the first argument of the loadFile method in the node.js build allows local file inclusion/path traversal. If given the possibility to pass unsanitized paths to the loadFile method, a user can retrieve file contents of arbitrary files in the local file system the node process is running in. The file contents are included verbatim in the generated PDFs. Other affected methods are `addImage`, `html`, and `addFont`. Only the node.js builds of the library are affected, namely the `dist/jspdf.node.js` and `dist/jspdf.node.min.js` files. The vulnerability has been fixed in jsPDF@4.0.0. This version restricts file system access per default. This semver-major update does not introduce other breaking changes. Some workarounds areavailable. With recent node versions, jsPDF recommends using the `--permission` flag in production. The feature was introduced experimentally in v20.0.0 and is stable since v22.13.0/v23.5.0/v24.0.0. For older node versions, sanitize user-provided paths before passing them to jsPDF.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | jspdf | 4.0.0 | GHSA-f8cm-6447-x5h2 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-35, CWE-73 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/security/advisories/GHSA-f8cm-6447-x5h2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/commit/a688c8f479929b24a6543b1fa2d6364abb03066d x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/releases/tag/v4.0.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68428 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2427236 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-68428.json x_sadp-csaf-vex
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1517 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2350 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2568 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT