GROBID is vulnerable to OS command injection through crafted PDF filenames
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 0.9.1
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.9.1.
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 17/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
GROBID, machine learning software for extracting information from scholarly documents, can be made to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the GROBID process through a crafted PDF filename in its non-server Linux PDF conversion path. The attack can be launched remotely without logging in, and the bundled REST server path is not affected.
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GROBID is machine learning software for extracting information from scholarly documents. Prior to 0.9.1, the Linux non-server PDF conversion path in grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/document/DocumentSource.java passes an attacker-influenced PDF filename through DocumentSource.pdfalto, which interpolates the path into a bash -c command string. A single quote in the filename can terminate the intended quoting, and ProcessRunner.run in grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/process/ProcessRunner.java starts the resulting command through ProcessBuilder, allowing arbitrary commands to execute with GROBID process privileges. The bundled REST server path is not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.9.1.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity0/10CVSS 0.0
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 62 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 57 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 22 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.9.1.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- grobidOrg grobid
fixed in 0.9.1
Evidence 3
- Advisory
- Repository
- Repository
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-123357
Is CVE-2026-123357 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123357?
grobid: before 0.9.1.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-123357?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 0.9.1.Source: cve.now feed data