Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
pypdf versions before 6.14.1 are vulnerable. An attacker can craft a PDF containing an unterminated inline image, which causes an infinite loop when the content stream of a page is parsed, such as when extracting page text. Upgrade to pypdf 6.14.1 or later. The source gives no workaround that users can apply themselves.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0062, the 50th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 8 Jul 2026, 20:16 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-5xf7-4p34-54qr
- OSV: GHSA-5xf7-4p34-54qr
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5xf7-4p34-54qr
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59936
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3891
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/ec3b14596186c40caca7cf8ab9b2155203e01b5b
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.1