{"id":"CVE-2026-57485","aliases":["EUVD-2026-60364","GHSA-3xxh-mm3g-c9w5"],"status":"published","title":"Stirling-PDF: Internal Service Account API Key Disclosure via Pipeline Endpoint","description":"Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects the STIRLING-PDF-BACKEND-API-USER API key into pipeline subrequests, allowing an authenticated ROLE_USER to retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00421,"percentile":0.36772,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-200","CWE-522"],"published":"2026-08-17T19:31:30Z","modified":"2026-11-11T02:49:40Z","products":[{"vendor":"stirling-tools","product":"stirling-pdf"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-3xxh-mm3g-c9w5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6047","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/commit/de9625942bbc329fdefcfde161476a633a3b3213","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.9.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57485.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57485","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57485","title":"Stirling-PDF: Internal Service Account API Key Disclosure via Pipeline Endpoint","description":"Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects the STIRLING-PDF-BACKEND-API-USER API key into pipeline subrequests, allowing an authenticated ROLE_USER to retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-17T19:31:30.833Z","modified":"2026-08-18T15:19:14.801Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-200","CWE-522"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:56.024247Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-60364","description":"Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects the STIRLING-PDF-BACKEND-API-USER API key into pipeline subrequests, allowing an authenticated ROLE_USER to retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-17T19:31:30Z","modified":"2026-08-18T15:19:14Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:46.405062Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57485","description":"Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects the STIRLING-PDF-BACKEND-API-USER API key into pipeline subrequests, allowing an authenticated ROLE_USER to retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-17T20:16:44.587Z","modified":"2026-10-23T16:10:00.313Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-200","CWE-522"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:38.647684Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57485","title":"Stirling-PDF: Internal Service Account API Key Disclosure via Pipeline Endpoint","description":"Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. 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