Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in pandoc - CVE-2025-51591
Published: September 24, 2025 / Updated: January 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116079
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-51591
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: jgm
Affected software:
pandoc
pandoc
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-51591
Install updates from vendor's website.