UBUNTU-CVE-2026-49460

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.12.2, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires accessing a stream which uses the /FlateDecode filter with a PNG predictor. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12.2...

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Overview pypdf is an A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming PDF files Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity via the FlateDecode PNG predictor streams. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption...

pypdf: Manipulated FlateDecode predictor parameters can exhaust RAM

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires accessing a stream compressed using /FlateDecode with a /Predictor unequal 1 and large predictor parameters. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.10.2. Workarounds If you cannot...