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CVE-2020-8132 — pdf-image

CRITICAL

CVE-2020-8132 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in pdf-image. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.

Improper Input Validation and Code Injection in pdf-image

Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
1 known
Exploitation data as of Oct 6, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.0%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs81th percentile — riskier than 81% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.85%1.70%2.54%0.5%2.0%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2020-8132 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 385,987 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

26other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
pdf-imagenpm
8Kdownloads / week

Description

Lack of input validation in pdf-image npm package version <= 2.0.0 may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code if PDF file path is constructed based on untrusted user input.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmpdf-imageall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
pdf-imagepdf-image_project
≤ 2.0.0
range
Exploits & PoCs
1

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

Lack of input validation in pdf-image npm package version <= 2.0.0 may a…

hackerone.comNVDMar 2020

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for pdf-image, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    No patched version of pdf-image has shipped for CVE-2020-8132 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.

Frequently Asked Questions

Lack of input validation in pdf-image npm package version &lt;= 2.0.0 may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code if PDF file path is constructed based on untrusted user input.
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CVE-2020-8132: pdf-image RCE (Critical 9.8)