GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-42gh-23hr-vphw pypdf has possible long runtimes when retrieving page labels

HIGH Published 2026-10-30 Modified 2026-10-30 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-119206
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pypdf
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2026-10-30

Affected packages

• PyPI pypdf: < 6.21.3 → fixed in 6.21.3

Description

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large runtimes. This requires retrieving the page labels of a file. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.21.3. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #4251.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-119206 pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References