CVE-2026-56722

CVE-2026-56722 · Dompdf: Local file read due to improper file path validation in SVG images encoded as data-URI

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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.

CVSS 6.3 · Medium · EPSS 0.4% · Fix available

Published

2026-07-28T20:17:36.690Z

Updated

2026-07-29T14:06:27.019Z

Stack: system · php

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