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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-56722 EUVD-2026-50026GHSA-cx96-42px-69fm

Dompdf: Local file read due to improper file path validation in SVG images encoded as data-URI

Published Jul 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter for PHP. In versions 3.15 and prior, aAn attacker who controls the HTML input can bypass this restriction by embedding a target file path inside an SVG image delivered through a  data:  URI, because dompdf processes the SVG twice and the second pass does not enforce the same protections as the first. When rendering, dompdf hands the SVG to the separate  php-svg-lib  library with external references forced on, and that library has no knowledge of the chroot directory, blocks only the  phar://  scheme, and ultimately reads the referenced file with no path or protocol validation. This lets an external, unauthenticated attacker read arbitrary image files from the server's file system in the default configuration. This issue has been fixed in version 3.16.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
dompdf dompdf < 3.1.6 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 12 php-dompdf No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS php-dompdf No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS php-dompdf No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS php-dompdf No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS php-dompdf No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist dompdf/dompdf < 3.1.6 3.1.6 GHSA-cx96-42px-69fm

References