Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
pypdf versions before 6.13.3 can be made to use large amounts of memory when parsing a content stream that has no /Length value, because the MAX_DECLARED_STREAM_LENGTH limit is sometimes ignored. An attacker needs to supply a crafted PDF for the library to parse. Upgrade to pypdf 6.13.3 or later. The source does not describe a workaround that can be applied without patching.
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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 0.0037, the 30th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 30 Jun 2026, 22:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV