CVE
Spatie Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 Local File Read via setHtml()
Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 is affected when attacker-supplied HTML with root-relative references is passed to setHtml(). The fix is in 5.5.0.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 5.5.0
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 5.5.0.
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- Last checked
- 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? →
- 26/100 · provisional
- How many real-world setups can hit the bug, from the vendor's advisory and CISA data. It does not know your setup.What do these mean? →
- Unclear
- 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
Spatie Browsershot, a library for generating PDFs and screenshots from HTML, has a local file read flaw in its setHtml() method. A remote attacker without logging in can embed root-relative references such as /etc/passwd in supplied HTML, causing the server's file contents to appear in the returned PDF or screenshot.
Read the original description
Spatie Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows attackers to read server files by supplying root-relative references in HTML passed to setHtml(). Attackers can embed iframe, img, link or script elements referencing paths like /etc/passwd, which resolve to file:// URLs and render file contents into the returned PDF or screenshot.
Who should check
Teams running spatie/browsershot from 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 that render HTML through setHtml() or html()
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: Advisories don't say whether default setups are affected
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity8.7/10CVSS 8.7
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 71 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 66 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 31 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 5.5.0.
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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-126779 (Spatie Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 Local File Read via setHtml()), using the cve.now data below.
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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-126779 (entry last updated 2026-11-11):
Affected:
- spatie browsershot: from 2.2.0, fixed in 5.5.0
Fixed versions: 5.5.0.
Conditions (all must be true for the bug to be hit):
- Browsershot version 2.2.0 up to but not including 5.5.0 (source: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spatie-browsershot-2.2.0-before-5.5.0-local-file-read-via-sethtml)
- Attacker-supplied HTML with root-relative references is passed to setHtml() (source: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spatie-browsershot-2.2.0-before-5.5.0-local-file-read-via-sethtml)
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
Attacker needs: network access, no login, no user action.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-126779 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-126779 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.
How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.
Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/pull/989
- https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/commit/eba71ab7f4aba23d9321d653ccd19d4e94432516
- https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/releases/tag/5.5.0
- https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/blob/2.2.0/src/Browsershot.php#L242-L248
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spatie-browsershot-2.2.0-before-5.5.0-local-file-read-via-sethtml
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-126779
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- spatie browsershot
From 2.2.0 · fixed in 5.5.0
Evidence 7
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
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Other links · 5
- Patch
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Corrections
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Questions about CVE-2026-126779
Is CVE-2026-126779 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
What does this mean?
When HTML containing root-relative references is passed to setHtml(), Browsershot can read server files such as /etc/passwd. Their contents are then rendered into the returned PDF or screenshot.Source: vulncheck.com
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-126779?
browsershot: from 2.2.0 before 5.5.0.Source: cve.now feed data
Am I affected, and how do I check?
Browsershot versions from 2.2.0 up to but not including 5.5.0 are affected. The affected setup is code that passes HTML with root-relative references to setHtml(); check the installed Browsershot version in composer.lock and whether setHtml() is called.Source: vulncheck.com
How do I fix CVE-2026-126779?
Upgrade Browsershot to 5.5.0 or later, which is the fixed version listed for this issue. No workaround is listed in the facts.Source: vulncheck.com