USN-6232-1

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    USN-6232-1

    Published: 20 Jul 2023Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: wkhtmltopdf vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that wkhtmltopdf was not properly enforcing the same-origin policy when processing certain HTML files. If a user or automated system using wkhtmltopdf were tricked into processing a specially crafted HTML file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6232-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21365

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wkhtmltopdf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wkhtmltopdf?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.9-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.9.9-4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-6232-1 | CVE-DB