# CVE-2026-114609: fpdf2 implicitly loads external URLs and local image paths when rendering attacker-controlled content

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108261, GHSA-RW7V-4HRQ-X6R9
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.8.8
- Published: 2026-10-22 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

fpdf2, a Python library for creating PDF files, is affected when it renders attacker-supplied content such as image paths, URLs, HTML img tags, or SVG image references. The flaw can cause the library to make outbound requests to internal or external services and attempt to open local files, which could expose local image or SVG files if they are valid supported resources.

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## Affected

- py-pdf fpdf2: fixed in 2.8.8
- fpdf2 (PyPI): fixed in 2.8.8

## Description

fpdf2 is a PDF creation library for Python. Prior to 2.8.8, fpdf2's shared image loader automatically dereferences attacker-controlled HTTP(S) URLs and raw local paths supplied through FPDF.image(), FPDF.write_html() HTML <img src> values, SVG <image href> or xlink:href values, and template image fields. This can cause outbound requests to attacker-selected internal or external services and local file open attempts, although local content is exposed only when it is a valid supported image or SVG resource. file:// URLs are not specially handled, so the local-path case requires a raw filesystem path. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.8.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/security/advisories/GHSA-rw7v-4hrq-x6r9
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/pull/1824
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/pull/1857
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/commit/0d27190a8c907e02ebe9cd881471a14d0622b432
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/commit/6e23f610b7946e96e9a5dd0535dcbfbe7ac1397d
- https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/releases/tag/2.8.8

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