Advisory record · GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp

pypdf: Possible large memory usage for wrong image dimensions

CVSS 6.9 MediumEPSS 0.0052 · 44th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 23 Jul 2026, 15:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
pypdfPyPI<6.14.06.14.0
Identifiers
GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp · CVE-2026-59938 · PYSEC-2026-3611
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-789
Published
23 Jul 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

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.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
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

  1. 8 Jul 2026, 18:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
  3. 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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