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CVE-2026-55555
Published:July 28, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
Dompdf is an HTML to PDF converter for PHP. Versions 3.15 and prior are vulnerable to a File Existence Oracle attack through the manipulation of the CSS @font-face directive. By providing malicious HTML that references local files via the file:// protocol repeatedly, an attacker can trigger PHP memory exhaustion. Because Dompdf behaves differently depending on whether a referenced local file exists (an existing file is processed repeatedly until it triggers an "Allowed memory size exhausted" crash, whereas a missing file fails fast or is ignored and never hits the memory limit), an attacker can use this observable discrepancy as an oracle to enumerate sensitive files on the server regardless of CHROOT restrictions. Exploitation requires the attacker to supply unrestricted or unsanitized HTML in a request that permits large data, plus a configuration where Dompdf's memory limit is low enough to be exhausted (with  $_dompdf_show_warnings=true  making the overflow easier to reach). This issue has been fixed in version 3.16.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/dompdf/dompdf.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.5.2 <v3.1.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.1.6
dompdf/dompdf (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=dev-adapter-factory <v3.1.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.1.6
dompdf/dompdf (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=v0.5.2 <v3.1.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.1.6
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Observable Discrepancy
EPSS
Base Score:
0.50