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Advisory record · GHSA-f54x-cmq8-qg57

pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing arrays and dictionaries

CVSS 6.0 MediumEPSS 0.0040 · 34th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 22 Oct 2026, 16:49 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
pypdfPyPI<6.21.06.21.0
Identifiers
GHSA-f54x-cmq8-qg57 · CVE-2026-113790
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400 · CWE-770
Tags
Published
22 Oct 2026
Updated
22 Oct 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

pypdf versions before 6.21.0 are vulnerable to excessive memory use when parsing PDF arrays and dictionaries containing many elements. An attacker who can get the library to process a specially crafted PDF can cause large memory consumption. Upgrade to pypdf 6.21.0 or later; the source does not describe any other workaround.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
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 0.0040, the 34th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2026, 16:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC First seen by agentprime
  3. 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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