jsPDF is a library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. Prior to version 4.0.0, user control of the first argument of the loadFile method in the node.js build allows local file inclusion/path traversal. If given the possibility to pass unsanitized paths to the loadFile method, a user can retrieve file contents of arbitrary files in the local file system the node process is running in. The file contents are included verbatim in the generated PDFs. Other affected methods are `addImage`, `html`, and `addFont`. Only the node.js builds of the library are affected, namely the `dist/jspdf.node.js` and `dist/jspdf.node.min.js` files. The vulnerability has been fixed in jsPDF@4.0.0. This version restricts file system access per default. This semver-major update does not introduce other breaking changes. Some workarounds areavailable. With recent node versions, jsPDF recommends using the `--permission` flag in production. The feature was introduced experimentally in v20.0.0 and is stable since v22.13.0/v23.5.0/v24.0.0. For older node versions, sanitize user-provided paths before passing them to jsPDF.

The version of jsPDF installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a local file inclusion / path traversal vulnerability in its Node.js builds.

  - The vulnerability exists in the Node.js environment of the library, specifically within the     loadFile method and its internal file-loading helper. When user-controlled input is passed     as a file path to affected methods, the library reads the specified file from the host     system and embeds its raw contents verbatim into the generated PDF.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - jsPDF is a library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. Prior to version 4.0.0, user control of the first
    argument of the loadFile method in the node.js build allows local file inclusion/path traversal. If given
    the possibility to pass unsanitized paths to the loadFile method, a user can retrieve file contents of
    arbitrary files in the local file system the node process is running in. The file contents are included
    verbatim in the generated PDFs. Other affected methods are `addImage`, `html`, and `addFont`. Only the
    node.js builds of the library are affected, namely the `dist/jspdf.node.js` and `dist/jspdf.node.min.js`
    files. The vulnerability has been fixed in jsPDF@4.0.0. This version restricts file system access per
    default. This semver-major update does not introduce other breaking changes. Some workarounds
    areavailable. With recent node versions, jsPDF recommends using the `--permission` flag in production. The
    feature was introduced experimentally in v20.0.0 and is stable since v22.13.0/v23.5.0/v24.0.0. For older
    node versions, sanitize user-provided paths before passing them to jsPDF. (CVE-2025-68428)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
291357	Node.js jsPDF library < 4.0.0 Local File Inclusion / Path Traversal Vulnerability	Nessus	Misc.	critical
436566	SCA: security update for jspdf (GHSA-f8cm-6447-x5h2)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	critical
436566	SCA: security update for jspdf (GHSA-f8cm-6447-x5h2)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	critical

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