Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects the STIRLING-PDF-BACKEND-API-USER API key into pipeline subrequests, allowing an authenticated ROLE_USER to retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0.
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| Description | Stirling-PDF is a locally hosted web application that facilitates various operations on PDF files. Prior to 2.9.0, the /api/v1/pipeline/handleData endpoint in app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java injects the STIRLING-PDF-BACKEND-API-USER API key into pipeline subrequests, allowing an authenticated ROLE_USER to retrieve the key through /api/v1/user/get-api-key, impersonate the internal service account, bypass normal rate limits, and access internal endpoints including /api/v1/info/requests/all and /api/v1/info/load/all. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.0. | |
| Title | Stirling-PDF: Internal Service Account API Key Disclosure via Pipeline Endpoint | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 CWE-522 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-17T19:31:30.833Z
Reserved: 2026-06-24T14:53:40.111Z
Link: CVE-2026-57485
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-17T20:16:44.587
Modified: 2026-08-17T20:16:44.587
Link: CVE-2026-57485
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-17T20:30:17Z