CVE-2026-42589 Gotenberg: Unauthenticated RCE via ExifTool Metadata Key Injection

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.31.0, Gotenberg's /forms/pdfengines/metadata/write HTTP endpoint accepts a JSON metadata object and passes its keys directly to ExifTool via the go-exiftool library. No validation is performed on key characters. A \n embedded i...

CVE-2026-42589

Gotenberg CVE-2026-42589: The issue is an unauthenticated remote code execution in Gotenberg

CVE-2026-40281: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. In versions 8.30.1 and earlier, the metadata write endpoint validates metadata keys for control characters but leaves metadata values unsanitized. A newline character in a metadata value splits the ExifTool stdin line into two separate...