{"apiVersion":"1.0","identifier":"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.","publishedAt":"2026-08-17T20:16:44","lastModifiedAt":"2026-08-18T16:18:01","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57485","cvssScore":8.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","epssProbability":0.00256,"riskScore":0.87,"affectedProduct":"Stirling-PDF","affectedVersions":"<2.9.0","vulnerabilityType":"Web app","operatingSystems":[],"links":{"self":"https://www.redsauce.net/api/cves/CVE-2026-57485","webPages":{"es":"https://www.redsauce.net/es/cves/CVE-2026-57485","en":"https://www.redsauce.net/en/cves/CVE-2026-57485","fr":"https://www.redsauce.net/fr/cves/CVE-2026-57485","pt":"https://www.redsauce.net/pt/cves/CVE-2026-57485","de":"https://www.redsauce.net/de/cves/CVE-2026-57485","sk":"https://www.redsauce.net/sk/cves/CVE-2026-57485","el":"https://www.redsauce.net/el/cves/CVE-2026-57485"},"source":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57485"}}