CVE-2026-105314 (GCVE-0-2026-105314)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-05 07:28 – Updated: 2026-10-05 07:28
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Summary
Papermerge 3.5.3 allows remote code execution by a standard user via directory traversal in a /api/documents/upload call. A Python .pth file can be written to site-packages, and its code is executed upon the next start of the Python interpreter.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-24 - Path Traversal: '../filedir'
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Papermerge Papermerge Affected: 3.5.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:papermerge:papermerge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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