Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-59943 · published 28 July 2026
CVE-2026-59943: Dompdf project dompdf error message information leak vulnerability
Dompdf Project · Dompdf
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.
Description
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/commit/6a58996865db05d8fede748507e50ac4b8c5bfd0 | Patch |
| https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/releases/tag/v3.1.6 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/security/advisories/GHSA-j8qw-6jw8-r297 | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf/security/advisories/GHSA-j8qw-6jw8-r297 | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-59943), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.