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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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[
  {
    "vendor": "py-pdf",
    "product": "pypdf",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 6.10.0",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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