Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
pypdf versions before 6.14.0 are vulnerable to excessive memory use when processing a PDF containing images whose declared dimensions are much larger than their actual data. An attacker who can get a crafted PDF loaded by the library can cause large memory consumption. Upgrade to pypdf 6.14.0 or later. The source gives no other workaround that a user can apply directly.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | Medium | 4.0 | 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 | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0052, the 44th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 8 Jul 2026, 18:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp
- OSV: GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59938
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3888
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/c64583be16b8e8763d8777075f8ecbf382014b7a
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.0