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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-46161 · published 6 December 2022

CVE-2022-46161: Pdfmake code injection vulnerability

Pdfmake · Pdfmake

pdfmake is an open source client/server side PDF printing in pure JavaScript. In versions up to and including 0.2.5 pdfmake contains an unsafe evaluation of user controlled input. Users of pdfmake are thus subject to arbitrary code execution in the context of the process running the pdfmake code. There are no known fixes for this issue. Users are advised to restrict access to trusted user input.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.7% · top 24.4% CWE-94 · Code injection
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

pdfmake is an open source client/server side PDF printing in pure JavaScript. In versions up to and including 0.2.5 pdfmake contains an unsafe evaluation of user controlled input. Users of pdfmake are thus subject to arbitrary code execution in the context of the process running the pdfmake code. There are no known fixes for this issue. Users are advised to restrict access to trusted user input.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake/blob/802813970ac6de68a0bd0931b74150b33da0dd18/dev-playground/server.js#L32 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-068_pdfmake/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake/blob/802813970ac6de68a0bd0931b74150b33da0dd18/dev-playground/server.js#L32 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-068_pdfmake/ ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-46161), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.