CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-41168
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — 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: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])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-834
Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. An attacker who uses a vulnerability present in versions prior to 6.10.1 can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with wrong large `/Size` values or object streams with wrong large `/N` values. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.10.1. As a workaround, one may apply the changes from the patch manually.
Affected configurations
• pypdf project pypdf (< 6.10.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-834 Excessive Iteration weakness
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/62338e9d36419cf193ccec7331784f45df1d70b3 Patch
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3733 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.10.1 Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-jj6c-8h6c-hppx Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory