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PDFMathTranslate through 1.9.11 SSRF via Gradio Web GUI Link Input

Type: advisorySources: OSV

PDFMathTranslate (pdf2zh) through 1.9.11 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server fetch arbitrary URLs via the Link input. The translate_file handler passes user URLs to download_with_limit without scheme or address validation, letting attackers reach internal services and cloud metadata endpoints and retrieve returned PDFs.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-108554
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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6 Nov 2026, 00:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

PDFMathTranslate through 1.9.11 SSRF via Gradio Web GUI Link Input

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Oct 2026, 14:49 UTC

PDFMathTranslate (pdf2zh) through 1.9.11 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server fetch arbitrary URLs via the Link input. The translate_file handler passes user URLs to download_with_limit without scheme or address validation, letting attackers reach internal services and cloud metadata endpoints and retrieve returned PDFs.

osv:CVE-2026-108554
Complete source record
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    "title": "PDFMathTranslate through 1.9.11 SSRF via Gradio Web GUI Link Input",
    "summary": "PDFMathTranslate (pdf2zh) through 1.9.11 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server fetch arbitrary URLs via the Link input. The translate_file handler passes user URLs to download_with_limit without scheme or address validation, letting attackers reach internal services and cloud metadata endpoints and retrieve returned PDFs.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.205351663Z",
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        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfmathtranslate-through-1.9.11-ssrf-via-gradio-web-gui-link-input",
        "https://github.com/PDFMathTranslate/PDFMathTranslate/issues/1188",
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        "https://github.com/PDFMathTranslate/PDFMathTranslate/blob/0f0618d3303d064d97e7adb77557b21236c6cee0/pdf2zh/gui.py#L149-L179",
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  "published_at": "2026-10-10T14:49:39.371+00:00"
}