BentoPDF: Workflow Import Allows Unvalidated TSA URL Leading to PDF Hash Exfiltration via RFC 3161 Requests
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201 and CWE-502.
Summary
BentoPDF is a client-side PDF toolkit that is self hostable. In 2.8.6 and earlier, deserializeWorkflow() accepts the Timestamp node's tsaUrl control from imported JSON without schema or destination validation. When a user imports the crafted workflow and runs it against a PDF, timestampPdf() sends an RFC 3161 TimeStampReq containing the PDF's SHA-256 MessageImprint to the attacker-selected endpoint. The default self-hosted configuration does not set VITE_CORS_PROXY_URL, so the request bypasses the proxy's ALLOWED_TSA_HOSTS checks and is sent directly. The disclosed digest can confirm that a document matches a known file and can correlate the same document across users without revealing its contents. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.8.7.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA bentopdf (alam00000) Fixed in 2.8.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-63630
References
More alam00000 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-54083 BentoPDF: SSRF in cors-proxy-worker.js via DNS-based hostname allowlist bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-30171 BentoPDF: Stored XSS via Markdown Editor Leading to Persistent File Exfiltration CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2026-74400 Server-side request forgery in BentoPDF CORS proxy via DNS rebinding CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
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