Description
zerox 1.1.20 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the file download mechanism where the temporary file extension derived from document URLs is interpolated unsanitized into shell commands executed by poppler utilities. Attackers can craft document URLs with malicious file extensions containing command substitution syntax to execute arbitrary OS commands before document processing occurs.
Published: 2026-09-04
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description zerox 1.1.20 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the file download mechanism where the temporary file extension derived from document URLs is interpolated unsanitized into shell commands executed by poppler utilities. Attackers can craft document URLs with malicious file extensions containing command substitution syntax to execute arbitrary OS commands before document processing occurs.
Title zerox 1.1.20 OS Command Injection via Document URL File Extension
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-04T14:32:26.779Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T13:32:37.355Z

Link: CVE-2026-85672

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-04T15:17:45.293

Modified: 2026-09-04T15:17:45.293

Link: CVE-2026-85672

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