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Closes #1690

Since 8.38.0, --api-tls-cert-file and --api-tls-key-file pointing at absolute paths leave Gotenberg running with no listener. Echo v5 StartTLS reads string paths through os.DirFS("."), which rejects absolute paths with fs.ErrInvalid ("readfile …: invalid argument"), and the error is only logged from the serve goroutine.

Start now reads both files with os.ReadFile and passes their contents to StartTLS, which accepts []byte as-is.

  • Absolute and relative paths both work again.
  • A missing or unreadable file now fails the startup instead of leaving a process that accepts no connection.
  • No flag or behavior change otherwise; the HTTP (h2c) path is untouched.

Tests: pkg/modules/api/api_tls_test.go starts the API with a self-signed pair written under t.TempDir() (absolute paths) and calls /version over HTTPS, and checks that missing files make Start return an error. Both fail on main (connection refused, then nil error) and pass with the fix. go test ./pkg/modules/api/... and golangci-lint v2.13.2 pass.

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Echo v5 StartTLS reads string paths through os.DirFS("."), which rejects
absolute paths with fs.ErrInvalid. Since 8.38.0, --api-tls-cert-file and
--api-tls-key-file pointing at absolute paths left the process running
with no listener, the error only logged from the serve goroutine.

Read both files in Start and pass their contents to StartTLS, so any
path works and a missing or unreadable file fails the startup.

Closes gotenberg#1690

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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Thanks @n-rodriguez, great catch and fix! 🙏

hbjydev pushed a commit to hbjydev/phoebe that referenced this pull request Oct 27, 2026
This PR contains the following updates:

| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [gotenberg/gotenberg](https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg) | minor | `8.38.1` → `8.39.0` |

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### Release Notes

<details>
<summary>gotenberg/gotenberg</summary>

### [`v8.39.0`](https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/releases/tag/v8.39.0): 8.39.0

[Compare Source](gotenberg/gotenberg@v8.38.1...v8.39.0)

##### Security Fixes ⚠️

- **Reject ExifTool's `j` option alias and stop loading ExifTool config files.** The metadata check blocked `json` but not its alias `j`. A metadata key could import a JSON file carrying a `HardLink` pseudo-tag, plant `~/.ExifTool_config`, and have the next ExifTool run execute it as Perl. The keys `j`, `addtagsfromfile`, and `alltagsfromfile` now return `400`, and Gotenberg always runs ExifTool with `-config ""`.
- **Accept only `http://` and `https://` URLs on the URL routes.** The default deny-list only covered `file://`, so `devtools://devtools/bundled/devtools_app.html` loaded Chromium's privileged DevTools page, and `waitForExpression` ran there with access to local files. `/forms/chromium/convert/url` and `/forms/chromium/screenshot/url` now return `400` for any other scheme.
- **Apply path and `wss://` deny rules to WebSocket handshakes.** The pinning proxy matched CONNECT tunnels against `https://host:port`, so a deny rule anchored on a path, such as `^https?://host/`, or on `wss://` refused the plain request but let the handshake through. The proxy now matches tunnels against each scheme's root URL, and a handshake whose full URL is denied fails the conversion with a generic `403`.
- **Drop the compromised eMudhra roots** ([#&#8203;1699](gotenberg/gotenberg#1699)). The images trusted `emSign ECC Root CA - G3` and `AAA Certificate Services`, whose intermediates have recoverable private keys. The OS bundle now comes from `ca-certificates` `20250419+deb13u1`, the Java trust store used by PDFtk drops both roots, and Chromium 156 rejects them. Thanks [@&#8203;hrueger](https://github.com/hrueger).

##### New Features

- **`failOnConsoleMessageTypes` for Chromium** ([#&#8203;1667](gotenberg/gotenberg#1667)). Fails the conversion with `409` when the page logs a console message of one of the given types (`log`, `debug`, `info`, `warning`, `error`, `assert`). The response lists the messages. Thanks [@&#8203;jschneider](https://github.com/jschneider).
- **PDF/A-4** ([#&#8203;1703](gotenberg/gotenberg#1703)). The `pdfa` form field now accepts `PDF/A-4` on every route that supports it, through the LibreOffice PDF engine. Thanks [@&#8203;henningda](https://github.com/henningda).
- **`Gotenberg-Version` response header** ([#&#8203;1693](gotenberg/gotenberg#1693)). Set on every authenticated route, error responses included, and on webhook deliveries. It is not set on `401` responses or `/health` ([#&#8203;1694](gotenberg/gotenberg#1694)). Thanks [@&#8203;fragkakis](https://github.com/fragkakis).

##### Behavior Changes

- **The URL routes reject non-HTTP schemes.** `chrome://`, `devtools://`, `data:`, and any other scheme besides `http` and `https` now return `400`.
- **ExifTool ignores `~/.ExifTool_config`.** The metadata keys `j`, `addtagsfromfile`, and `alltagsfromfile` now return `400`. Prefix them with a group, for example `XMP:j`, to write a tag of that name.
- **The `XRECHNUNG` Factur-X profile embeds `xrechnung.xml`.** See the bug fix below.

##### Bug Fixes

- **Sporadic `502` on uploads behind HTTP/2 proxies** ([#&#8203;1112](gotenberg/gotenberg#1112)). Behind Cloud Run with an `h2c` port, the proxy sent large DATA frames, Go answered with a flood of WINDOW_UPDATE frames, and the proxy dropped the connection mid-upload. Gotenberg now advertises the 16 KiB HTTP/2 default frame size ([#&#8203;1700](gotenberg/gotenberg#1700)). Thanks [@&#8203;TessilimiTheo](https://github.com/TessilimiTheo) and [@&#8203;geoherna](https://github.com/geoherna).
- **No listener with absolute TLS paths** ([#&#8203;1690](gotenberg/gotenberg#1690)). Since 8.38.0, `--api-tls-cert-file` and `--api-tls-key-file` with absolute paths left Gotenberg running without accepting connections. Both paths work again, and a missing or unreadable file now fails the startup ([#&#8203;1691](gotenberg/gotenberg#1691)). Thanks [@&#8203;n-rodriguez](https://github.com/n-rodriguez).
- **Empty `stampSource` or `watermarkSource` returned `400`** ([#&#8203;1692](gotenberg/gotenberg#1692)). Since 8.36.0, a blank source failed the merge, split, Chromium, and LibreOffice routes. An empty source is skipped again. Thanks [@&#8203;APX403](https://github.com/APX403).
- **OIDC rejected `bearer` in lower case** ([#&#8203;1696](gotenberg/gotenberg#1696)). The Authorization scheme is now matched case-insensitively, as RFC 9110 requires. Thanks [@&#8203;MaxFreedomPollard](https://github.com/MaxFreedomPollard).
- **The `XRECHNUNG` Factur-X profile embedded `factur-x.xml`** ([#&#8203;1701](gotenberg/gotenberg#1701)). The spec requires `xrechnung.xml` for this profile, both as the embedded file and in `fx:DocumentFileName`. Other levels keep `factur-x.xml`. Thanks [@&#8203;nhh](https://github.com/nhh).

##### Chore

- Updated Chromium to `156.0.8078.47`.
- Updated pdfcpu to `v0.16.3` and bumped Go to `1.27.3`, which fix several HIGH CVEs in the Go standard library and `golang.org/x` modules ([#&#8203;1695](gotenberg/gotenberg#1695)). Thanks [@&#8203;sergeykad](https://github.com/sergeykad).
- Updated the AWS Lambda Web Adapter to `1.1.0`, which supports Lambda SnapStart ([#&#8203;1704](gotenberg/gotenberg#1704)). Thanks [@&#8203;michael-follmann](https://github.com/michael-follmann).
- Bumped golangci-lint to `v2.15.0`.
- Updated Go dependencies.

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eleboucher pushed a commit to eleboucher/homelab that referenced this pull request Oct 31, 2026
… 8.39.0) (#2479)

This PR contains the following updates:

| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [docker.io/gotenberg/gotenberg](https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg) | minor | `8.38.1` → `8.39.0` |

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### [`v8.39.0`](https://github.com/gotenberg/gotenberg/releases/tag/v8.39.0): 8.39.0

[Compare Source](gotenberg/gotenberg@v8.38.1...v8.39.0)

##### Security Fixes ⚠️

- **Reject ExifTool's `j` option alias and stop loading ExifTool config files.** The metadata check blocked `json` but not its alias `j`. A metadata key could import a JSON file carrying a `HardLink` pseudo-tag, plant `~/.ExifTool_config`, and have the next ExifTool run execute it as Perl. The keys `j`, `addtagsfromfile`, and `alltagsfromfile` now return `400`, and Gotenberg always runs ExifTool with `-config ""`.
- **Accept only `http://` and `https://` URLs on the URL routes.** The default deny-list only covered `file://`, so `devtools://devtools/bundled/devtools_app.html` loaded Chromium's privileged DevTools page, and `waitForExpression` ran there with access to local files. `/forms/chromium/convert/url` and `/forms/chromium/screenshot/url` now return `400` for any other scheme.
- **Apply path and `wss://` deny rules to WebSocket handshakes.** The pinning proxy matched CONNECT tunnels against `https://host:port`, so a deny rule anchored on a path, such as `^https?://host/`, or on `wss://` refused the plain request but let the handshake through. The proxy now matches tunnels against each scheme's root URL, and a handshake whose full URL is denied fails the conversion with a generic `403`.
- **Drop the compromised eMudhra roots** ([#&#8203;1699](gotenberg/gotenberg#1699)). The images trusted `emSign ECC Root CA - G3` and `AAA Certificate Services`, whose intermediates have recoverable private keys. The OS bundle now comes from `ca-certificates` `20250419+deb13u1`, the Java trust store used by PDFtk drops both roots, and Chromium 156 rejects them. Thanks [@&#8203;hrueger](https://github.com/hrueger).

##### New Features

- **`failOnConsoleMessageTypes` for Chromium** ([#&#8203;1667](gotenberg/gotenberg#1667)). Fails the conversion with `409` when the page logs a console message of one of the given types (`log`, `debug`, `info`, `warning`, `error`, `assert`). The response lists the messages. Thanks [@&#8203;jschneider](https://github.com/jschneider).
- **PDF/A-4** ([#&#8203;1703](gotenberg/gotenberg#1703)). The `pdfa` form field now accepts `PDF/A-4` on every route that supports it, through the LibreOffice PDF engine. Thanks [@&#8203;henningda](https://github.com/henningda).
- **`Gotenberg-Version` response header** ([#&#8203;1693](gotenberg/gotenberg#1693)). Set on every authenticated route, error responses included, and on webhook deliveries. It is not set on `401` responses or `/health` ([#&#8203;1694](gotenberg/gotenberg#1694)). Thanks [@&#8203;fragkakis](https://github.com/fragkakis).

##### Behavior Changes

- **The URL routes reject non-HTTP schemes.** `chrome://`, `devtools://`, `data:`, and any other scheme besides `http` and `https` now return `400`.
- **ExifTool ignores `~/.ExifTool_config`.** The metadata keys `j`, `addtagsfromfile`, and `alltagsfromfile` now return `400`. Prefix them with a group, for example `XMP:j`, to write a tag of that name.
- **The `XRECHNUNG` Factur-X profile embeds `xrechnung.xml`.** See the bug fix below.

##### Bug Fixes

- **Sporadic `502` on uploads behind HTTP/2 proxies** ([#&#8203;1112](gotenberg/gotenberg#1112)). Behind Cloud Run with an `h2c` port, the proxy sent large DATA frames, Go answered with a flood of WINDOW_UPDATE frames, and the proxy dropped the connection mid-upload. Gotenberg now advertises the 16 KiB HTTP/2 default frame size ([#&#8203;1700](gotenberg/gotenberg#1700)). Thanks [@&#8203;TessilimiTheo](https://github.com/TessilimiTheo) and [@&#8203;geoherna](https://github.com/geoherna).
- **No listener with absolute TLS paths** ([#&#8203;1690](gotenberg/gotenberg#1690)). Since 8.38.0, `--api-tls-cert-file` and `--api-tls-key-file` with absolute paths left Gotenberg running without accepting connections. Both paths work again, and a missing or unreadable file now fails the startup ([#&#8203;1691](gotenberg/gotenberg#1691)). Thanks [@&#8203;n-rodriguez](https://github.com/n-rodriguez).
- **Empty `stampSource` or `watermarkSource` returned `400`** ([#&#8203;1692](gotenberg/gotenberg#1692)). Since 8.36.0, a blank source failed the merge, split, Chromium, and LibreOffice routes. An empty source is skipped again. Thanks [@&#8203;APX403](https://github.com/APX403).
- **OIDC rejected `bearer` in lower case** ([#&#8203;1696](gotenberg/gotenberg#1696)). The Authorization scheme is now matched case-insensitively, as RFC 9110 requires. Thanks [@&#8203;MaxFreedomPollard](https://github.com/MaxFreedomPollard).
- **The `XRECHNUNG` Factur-X profile embedded `factur-x.xml`** ([#&#8203;1701](gotenberg/gotenberg#1701)). The spec requires `xrechnung.xml` for this profile, both as the embedded file and in `fx:DocumentFileName`. Other levels keep `factur-x.xml`. Thanks [@&#8203;nhh](https://github.com/nhh).

##### Chore

- Updated Chromium to `156.0.8078.47`.
- Updated pdfcpu to `v0.16.3` and bumped Go to `1.27.3`, which fix several HIGH CVEs in the Go standard library and `golang.org/x` modules ([#&#8203;1695](gotenberg/gotenberg#1695)). Thanks [@&#8203;sergeykad](https://github.com/sergeykad).
- Updated the AWS Lambda Web Adapter to `1.1.0`, which supports Lambda SnapStart ([#&#8203;1704](gotenberg/gotenberg#1704)). Thanks [@&#8203;michael-follmann](https://github.com/michael-follmann).
- Bumped golangci-lint to `v2.15.0`.
- Updated Go dependencies.

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