Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The pypdf package, versions before 6.21.0, can use large amounts of memory when parsing PDF content streams. An attacker who supplies a crafted PDF with many small operations can trigger this. Upgrade to pypdf 6.21.0 or later. The source gives no workaround that a user can apply without patching the code.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Medium | 4.0 | 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 | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0041, the 35th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 21 Oct 2026, 16:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-cgf9-327m-v77c
- OSV: GHSA-cgf9-327m-v77c
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-cgf9-327m-v77c
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113791
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4218
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/18bd2981a74479483a0b9507602c58a63d6c9b12
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf
- github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.21.0