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CVE-2026-3392VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE pdfbox · Security update for apache-pdfbox

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-3392· Medium 4.8

Public exploit available · CVSS 4.8 Medium : upgrade SUSE pdfbox to 2.0.36 as a priority.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.0.36
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 31 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox to 2.0.36.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Mavenorg.apache.pdfbox/pdfboxpkg:maven/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfboxOther threatsAffected
  • <2.0.36
Fixed in
  • 2.0.36

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Apache PDFBox to version 2.0.36 or later, which contains the official fix for CVE-2026-33929. Applying this update will remediate the path traversal vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

A security update for Apache PDFBox addresses a path traversal vulnerability in the ExtractEmbeddedFiles example code that could allow arbitrary file writes. This issue is tracked as CVE-2026-33929 and fixed in version 2.0.36. The update also includes numerous other bug fixes and improvements unrelated to security. No known exploits are reported in the wild for this vulnerability.

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