CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-102994
8.7 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-09-30
- Last modified
- 2026-10-05
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.7 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400, CWE-407
Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.18.0, a crafted PDF containing indirect-object identifiers or generation-number tokens that continue for a long time without whitespace can cause pypdf/_reader.py and pypdf/generic/_base.py to scan excessive input through read_until_whitespace, resulting in long runtimes and application unavailability. This issue is fixed in version 6.18.0.
Affected configurations
• pypdf project pypdf (< 6.18.0)
Related
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/82501d2993c6387833c4949d205caeb188f8bb9e Patch
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4055 Patch, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.18.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5jq2-8x83-x246 Vendor Advisory