Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-78637Fdawgs node-poppler Argument Injection index.js pdfUnite argument injection
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-severity argument injection in node-poppler from Fdawgs. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Fdawgs | node-poppler | 9.1.09.1.19.1.210.0.010.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-88, CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-394864 | Fdawgs node-poppler Argument Injection index.js pdfUnite argument injection vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-394864 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-78637 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #886399 | Frazer Smith node-poppler (npm; GitHub org Fdawgs) <=9.1.2 Argument Injection third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/issues/822 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/pull/842 issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/commit/db6e3f79d3beb20601be7e59669c39811ae3c330 patch
- https://github.com/Fdawgs/node-poppler/ product