Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter for PHP. In versions 3.15 and prior, if a malicious actor can supply unrestricted content for rendering by Dompdf they can utilize the SVG rendering functionality to leak filesystem information when rendering PDF files using image references within a data-URI encoded SVG document. Using an <image> element inside a data-URI embedded SVG, an attacker can attempt to embed other files via the href or xlink:href attributes. When processing a file that does not exist (e.g. file:///DOESNOTEXIST), dompdf behaves differently than it does when accessing a file or directory that actually exists on the filesystem. This issue has been fixed in version 3.16.
This page covers CVE-2026-59943 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package php-dompdf. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59943 is classified as CWE-209: Information Exposure Through an Error Message. Error output includes internal detail such as paths, queries or stack traces that assists an attacker.
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59943 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 28 July 2026 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
php-dompdf has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-209: Information Exposure Through an Error Message) in other software:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| php-dompdf | — | — |
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