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CVE-2026-40260 pypdf: Manipulated XMP metadata entity declarations can exhaust RAM

🗓️ 16 Apr 2026 23:18:26Reported by GitHub_MType 
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CVE-2026-40260: pypdf before 6.10.0 can exhaust RAM when parsing manipulated Extensible Metadata Platform metadata.

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attackerkb
attackerkb
CVE-2026-40260
16 Apr 202623:18
–attackerkb
bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC
PyPDF XML Processing DoS
4 Sep 202600:00
–bdu_fstec
cgr
Chainguard
CVE-2026-40260 vulnerabilities
18 Apr 202601:17
–cgr
cnnvd
CNNVD
pypdf security vulnerability
17 Apr 202600:00
–cnnvd
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-40260
16 Apr 202623:18
–cve
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in pypdf
16 Sep 202619:27
–ibm
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-40260
16 Apr 202623:18
–debiancve
github
Github Security Blog
pypdf: Manipulated XMP metadata entity declarations can exhaust RAM
10 Apr 202620:59
–github
mend
Mend
CVE-2026-40260
16 Apr 202623:18
–mend
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-40260
17 Apr 202601:17
–nvd
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[
  {
    "vendor": "py-pdf",
    "product": "pypdf",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 6.10.0",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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