PT-2023-9554 · Pandoc+3 · Pandoc+3

Entroychang · Published 2023-07-04 · Updated 2025-11-14 · CVE-2023-35936

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pandoc versions 1.13 through 3.1.4

Description Pandoc is susceptible to an arbitrary file write vulnerability, which can be triggered by providing a specially crafted image element in the input when generating files using the --extract-media option or outputting to PDF format. This vulnerability allows an attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system, depending on the privileges of the process running pandoc. It only affects systems that pass untrusted user input to pandoc and allow pandoc to be used to produce a PDF or with the --extract-media option.

Recommendations For versions 1.13 through 3.1.4, update to version 3.1.4 to patch the vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider auditing the pandoc command and disallowing PDF output and the --extract-media option until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2025-8475

BDU:2024-08375

BDU:2024-08409

CVE-2023-35936

DLA-3507-1

GHSA-XJ5Q-FV23-575G

HSEC-2023-0014

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13056-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Pandoc

Red Os

References · 41

• 🔥 https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/security/advisories/GHSA-xj5q-fv23-575g · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/35xxx/CVE-2023-35936.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-35936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-08409 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35936 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/HSEC-2023-0014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3507-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QI6RBP6ZKVC2OOCV6SU2FUHPMAXDDJFU · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/QI6RBP6ZKVC2OOCV6SU2FUHPMAXDDJFU · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JGRJHU2FTSGTHHRTNDF7STEKLKKA25JN · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-35936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/LYP3FKDS3KAYMQUZVVL73IUI4CWSKLKP · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYP3FKDS3KAYMQUZVVL73IUI4CWSKLKP · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/JGRJHU2FTSGTHHRTNDF7STEKLKKA25JN · Vendor Advisory