jsPDF has a PDF Injection in AcroFormChoiceField which allows Arbitrary JavaScript Execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
jsPDF is a library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. Prior to 4.1.0, user control of properties and methods of the Acroform module allows users to inject arbitrary PDF objects, such as JavaScript actions. If given the possibility to pass unsanitized input to one of the following methods or properties, a user can inject arbitrary PDF objects, such as JavaScript actions, which are executed when the victim opens the document. The vulnerable API members are AcroformChoiceField.addOption, AcroformChoiceField.setOptions, AcroFormCheckBox.appearanceState, and AcroFormRadioButton.appearanceState. The vulnerability has been fixed in [email protected].
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| parallax | jsPDF | before 4.1.0 | 4.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | jspdf (npm) | before 4.1.0 | 4.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-pqxr-3g65-p328 |
- jsPDF Vendorparallax Affected before 4.1.0 Fixed in 4.1.0 Patch available CNA
- jspdf (npm) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.0 Fixed in 4.1.0 Patch available GHSA-pqxr-3g65-p328
Remediation
- Fix · CNA jsPDF (parallax) Fixed in 4.1.0
- Fix · GHSA-pqxr-3g65-p328 jspdf (npm) Fixed in 4.1.0 Advisory →
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2026:4467 Released 2026-03-12 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHACS 4.9.4 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8 +8
- RHSA-2026:4466 Released 2026-03-12 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHACS 4.8.9 security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8 registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-central-db-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-collector-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8 +8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4466 |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:4467 |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.8
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24737
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pqxr-3g65-p328
References
More parallax Jspdf vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-20644 jsPDF Affected by Client-Side/Server-Side Denial of Service via Malicious GIF Dimensions CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-35693 jsPDF Parsing of Corrupt PNGs Leads to Potential Denial of Service (DoS) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-21292 jsPDF Bypass Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-41976 jsPDF has Local File Inclusion/Path Traversal vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-24484 jsPDF has HTML Injection in New Window paths CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-20823 jsPDF has PDF Object Injection via Unsanitized Input in addJS Method CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-24737 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-24737 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pqxr-3g65-p328 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-24737 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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