A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Stirling-Tools Stirling-PDF up to 2.8.x. This affects the function handleData of the file app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineProcessor.java of the component Pipeline Processor. This manipulation causes improper privilege management.

This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-57485. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

You should upgrade the affected component.