PDFMathTranslate up to 1.9.11 download_with_limit translate_file Link server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in PDFMathTranslate up to 1.9.11. This issue affects the function translate_file of the component download_with_limit. Such manipulation of the argument Link leads to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-108554. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in PDFMathTranslate up to 1.9.11. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function translate_file of the component download_with_limit. The manipulation of the argument Link with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

PDFMathTranslate (pdf2zh) through 1.9.11 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to make the server fetch arbitrary URLs via the Link input. The translate_file handler passes user URLs to download_with_limit without scheme or address validation, letting attackers reach internal services and cloud metadata endpoints and retrieve returned PDFs.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-108554 since 10/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/10/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• PDFMathTranslate

Version

• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.4
• 1.9.5
• 1.9.6
• 1.9.7
• 1.9.8
• 1.9.9
• 1.9.10
• 1.9.11

Website

• Product: https://github.com/PDFMathTranslate/PDFMathTranslate/

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