Advisory record · GHSA-jm82-fx9c-mx94

pypdf: Missing stream length values ignore defined limits

CVSS 6.9 MediumEPSS 0.0037 · 30th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 18 Jun 2026, 14:28 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
pypdfPyPI<6.13.36.13.3
Identifiers
GHSA-jm82-fx9c-mx94 · CVE-2026-57204
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400 · CWE-770
Published
18 Jun 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 6.13.3 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.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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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 0.0037, the 30th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2026, 22:16 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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