CVE-2026-85714Stirling-PDF: Remote Code Execution via H2
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, higher than 49% of scored CVEs.
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Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.13.2, an authenticated administrator using the default H2 database and security mode can upload a crafted SQL file to POST /api/v1/database/import-database. DatabaseService.validateSqlContent() splits normalized input on semicolons and accepts a statement when it contains any allowed keyword, allowing dangerous H2 functions such as FILE_READ and CSVWRITE, plus CREATE ALIAS, to bypass the insufficient whitelist and execute side effects when RUNSCRIPT processes the file. This permits arbitrary file access. The demonstrated operating-system command execution chain writes attacker-controlled startup files to a user-site location and then triggers an application Python interpreter configured to load those startup files, resulting in command execution as the JVM service account. This issue is fixed in version 2.13.2.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.63% (percentile 49)
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF stirling_tools:stirling_pdf (from the name) | before 2.13.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security/advisories/GHSA-mrr8-934j-4g8mx-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6796x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/commit/d06d3cabaf5b8a7dcd0dbfc584828d8e687e5dd5x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.13.2x-refsource-misc
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