CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-22690
2.7 LOW
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 2.7 LOW — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to version 6.6.0, pypdf has possible long runtimes for missing /Root object with large /Size values. An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to possibly long runtimes for actually invalid files. This can be achieved by omitting the /Root entry in the trailer, while using a rather large /Size value. Only the non-strict reading mode is affected. This issue has been patched in version 6.6.0.
Affected configurations
• pypdf project pypdf (< 6.6.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/294165726b646bb7799be1cc787f593f2fdbcf45 Patch
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3594 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.6.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-4xc4-762w-m6cg Mitigation, Vendor Advisory