CVE-2026-126779

HIGH 7.5

Spatie Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 Local File Read via setHtml()

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

Spatie Browsershot 2.2.0 before 5.5.0 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows attackers to read server files by supplying root-relative references in HTML passed to setHtml(). Attackers can embed iframe, img, link or script elements referencing paths like /etc/passwd, which resolve to file:// URLs and render file contents into the returned PDF or screenshot.

CWE	CWE-73
Vendor	spatie
Product	browsershot
Published	Nov 11, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Affected Versions

spatie / browsershot

2.2.0 < 5.5.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/pull/989 github.com: https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/commit/eba71ab7f4aba23d9321d653ccd19d4e94432516 github.com: https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/releases/tag/5.5.0 github.com: https://github.com/spatie/browsershot/blob/2.2.0/src/Browsershot.php#L242-L248 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spatie-browsershot-2.2.0-before-5.5.0-local-file-read-via-sethtml

Credits

Zachariah Mithani (AploSec)