GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-qfv9-64jg-mh7p pypdf: Possible infinite loop in PdfWriter.find_outline_item

MEDIUM Published 2026-10-21 Modified 2026-10-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-113792
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pypdf
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-835
Reviewed
2026-10-21

Affected packages

• PyPI pypdf: < 6.20.1 → fixed in 6.20.1

Description

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires calling `find_outline_item` on a `PdfWriter`. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.20.1. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #4188.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-113792 pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References