CVE-2026-85618 PUBLISHED

ConvertX 0.17.0 Arbitrary File Read via LaTeX Input Directives

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.09.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

ConvertX 0.17.0 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the xelatex converter that allows authenticated users to read files by uploading LaTeX files with input directives. Attackers can upload .tex files containing \input{path} or \verbatiminput{path} directives to have the TeX engine read arbitrary files accessible to the server process and include them in downloadable PDF output.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor C4illin
Product ConvertX
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.18.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • George Chen finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE