highVulnerability

GHSA-w9hm-4m3m-fxmm

ngx-extended-pdf-viewer embeds a fork of Mozilla's pdf.js rather than depending on pdfjs-dist, so this vulnerability is not visible to dependency scanners through package.json. ### Impact Opening a malicious PDF can execute attacker-controlled JavaScript in the context of the hosting page. Upstream advisory: GHSA-hq66-cqwq-w95j / CVE-2026-16633. ### Exposure. The sandbox half of the issue requires enableScripting, which pdf.js enables by default but this library does not — so the default configuration was less exposed than upstream's. The other half concerns XFA rich text and is reachable whenever enableXfa is true, which is the default here. Do not assume the default configuration was safe. ### Patches 29.0.0-rc.3 cherry-picks Mozilla's fix (pdf.js 6.2.108) into both the stable and bleeding-edge engines. Only the latest release receives security updates. ### Workarounds Set pdfDefaultOptions.enableXfa = false if you do not need XFA forms, and/or apply a CSP disallowing inline script-src. ### Verifying. From 29.0.0 the package ships sbom.json and vex.json. The SBOM records the applied fix as a CycloneDX pedigree.patches entry; the VEX carries a resolved_with_pedigree statement so scanners stop flagging the engine's nominal version.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-w9hm-4m3m-fxmm
severity
high
summary
ngx-extended-pdf-viewer bundles a version of pdf.js vulnerable to CVE-2026-16633
cve_id
GHSA-w9hm-4m3m-fxmm
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-08-06T21:13:59Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9hm-4m3m-fxmm
ghsa_updated
2026-08-06T21:14:01Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]npm/ngx-extended-pdf-viewer

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/ngx-extended-pdf-viewer

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Use of Platform-Dependent Third Party Components

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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