# CVE-2026-31898: jsPDF has a PDF Object Injection via FreeText color

- Also known as: GHSA-7X6V-J9X4-QF24
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.1
- Published: 2026-03-18 · Updated: 2026-09-07

## Affected

- parallax jsPDF: fixed in 4.2.1
- jspdf (npm): fixed in 4.2.1

## Description

jsPDF is a library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. Prior to version 4.2.1, user control of arguments of the `createAnnotation` method allows users to inject arbitrary PDF objects, such as JavaScript actions. If given the possibility to pass unsanitized input to the following method, a user can inject arbitrary PDF objects, such as JavaScript actions, which might trigger when the PDF is opened or interacted with the `createAnnotation`: `color` parameter. The vulnerability has been fixed in jsPDF@4.2.1. As a workaround, sanitize user input before passing it to the vulnerable API members.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parallax jsPDF, jspdf, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/security/advisories/GHSA-7x6v-j9x4-qf24
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/commit/4155c4819d5eca284168e51e0e1e81126b4f14b8
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/blob/b1607a9391d4cd65ea7ade25998aea8345ae1be3/src/modules/annotations.js#L193-L208
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/releases/tag/v4.2.1

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