CVE-2026-17431

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-13. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.9%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

PDF::WebKit versions through 1.2 for Perl allow OS command injection via a 2-arg open() of the output path in to_pdf and of stylesheet paths in _style_tag_for.

to_pdf reads the generated PDF back from its path argument, and _style_tag_for reads each entry of the stylesheets list, by assigning the path to a local @ARGV and reading it with the diamond operator, which opens each @ARGV element with Perl's 2-arg open(). A value that begins or ends with a pipe ("| cmd", "cmd |") is run as a command rather than opened as a file, and one that begins with a redirect ("> path", ">> path") opens that path for write or append. to_file forwards its path argument to to_pdf and reaches the same read.

Any caller that forwards untrusted input as the output path or as a stylesheets entry can run a command under the process UID; with the "cmd |" form the command's output is returned in place of the PDF, and with the "> path" form the named file is truncated. Stylesheets may only be added to an HTML source, so a URL or file source exposes the output path alone.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
28
EG Risk 28/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.9%
EPSS %ILE
59th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 12, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

command execution via 2-argument open in output/stylesheet paths · Issue #8 · kingpong/perl-PDF-WebKit · GitHub

https://github.com/kingpong/perl-PDF-WebKit/issues/8

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17431(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 67× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17431?
CVE-2026-17431 is a medium vulnerability published on August 12, 2026. PDF::WebKit versions through 1.2 for Perl allow OS command injection via a 2-arg open() of the output path in topdf and of stylesheet paths in styletagfor. topdf reads the generated PDF back from its path argument, and styletagfor reads each entry of the stylesheets list, by assigning the path to a…
When was CVE-2026-17431 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17431 was first published on August 12, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17431 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17431 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (59th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17431?
CVE-2026-17431 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17431?
No fix for CVE-2026-17431 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-17431 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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