diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index b6001aa0f..ee4817b37 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ switch (config.imageUploadType) {
     ]
 }
 
+// Disable PDF export due to security issue
+if (config.allowPDFExport) {
+  config.allowPDFExport = false
+  logger.warn('PDF export was disabled for this release to mitigate a critical security issue. This feature will hopefully become available again in future releases.')
+}
+
 // generate correct path
 config.sslCAPath.forEach(function (capath, i, array) {
   array[i] = path.resolve(appRootPath, capath)