TI-2024-24813 Aliases CVE-2024-37301 GHSA-v5gf-r78h-55q6

document-merge-service vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Server-Side Template Injection

HIGH 67CWE-1336Published 2024-06-11 · Updated 2026-02-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1336.

Summary

Document Merge Service is a document template merge service providing an API to manage templates and merge them with given data. Versions 6.5.1 and prior are vulnerable to remote code execution via server-side template injection which, when executed as root, can result in full takeover of the affected system. As of time of publication, no patched version exists, nor have any known workarounds been disclosed.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0104 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed document-merge-service (adfinis): 6.5.2document-merge-service (PyPI): 6.5.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
adfinis	document-merge-service	before 6.5.2	6.5.2	Patch available	CNA
—	document-merge-service (PyPI)	before 6.5.2	6.5.2	Patch available	GHSA-v5gf-r78h-55q6

document-merge-service Vendoradfinis Affected before 6.5.2 Fixed in 6.5.2 Patch available CNA
document-merge-service (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 6.5.2 Fixed in 6.5.2 Patch available GHSA-v5gf-r78h-55q6

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:adfinis:document_merge_service::::::::	—	—	adfinis

cpe:2.3:a:adfinis:document_merge_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·adfinis

Remediation

Fix · CNA document-merge-service (adfinis) Fixed in 6.5.2
Fix · GHSA-v5gf-r78h-55q6 document-merge-service (PyPI) Fixed in 6.5.2 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-37301
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v5gf-r78h-55q6

References

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37301

Other 3

TI-2026-38931 Document Merge Service vulnerable to RCE via SSTI (xlsx tempaltes) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2

Sources

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