CVE-2026-126779

high

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…

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.

CVSS

7.5

7.5 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-11-11 19:17

Modified: 2026-11-11 19:17

NVD status: Received

Last synced 50 minutes ago

Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 19:42 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-73

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/blob/2.2.0/src/Browsershot.php#L242-L248 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/commit/eba71ab7f4aba23d9321d653ccd19d4e94432516 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/pull/989 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/releases/tag/5.5.0 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spatie-browsershot-2.2.0-before-5.5.0-local-file-read... disclosure@vulncheck.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 19:42 UTC · record ↗

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