pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries

ImpactAn attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with repeated malformed cross-reference streams. PatchesThis has been fixed in pypdf==6.14.0. WorkaroundsIf you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from ...

PYSEC-2026-3610 pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with repeated malformed cross-reference streams. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.14.0. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes fr...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

pypdf is vulnerable to Denial Of Service DoS. The vulnerability is due to inefficient recovery of malformed cross-reference streams in crafted PDF files, which allows an attacker to cause excessive processing time and trigger a denial-of-service condition...

EUVD-2026-42344

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries...

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with repeated malformed cross-reference streams. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.14.0. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes fr...

GHSA-55H5-XMCQ-C37V pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with repeated malformed cross-reference streams. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.14.0. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes fr...

PYSEC-2026-3004 pypdf: Possible long runtimes for zero-only width values in cross-reference streamsuntimes for zero-only width values in cross-reference streams

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with /W 0 0 0 values and large /Size values. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.12.0. Workarounds If developers are unable to upgrade their apps immediately, the...

Pillow has a PDF Parsing Trailer Infinite Loop (DoS)

ImpactAn attacker can supply a malicious PDF that causes the process to hang indefinitely, consuming 100% CPU and making the application unresponsive. PatchesPatched version: 12.2.0.PdfParser introduced in Pillow 4.2.0 follows Prev pointers in PDF trailers to read cross-reference sections. If...

PYSEC-2026-3021 pypdf has long runtimes for wrong size values in cross-reference and object streams

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with wrong large /Size values or object streams with wrong large /N values. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.10.1. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet,...

PYSEC-2026-3005 pypdf has a possible infinite loop when loading circular /Prev entries in cross-reference streams

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires reading the file. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.7.2. Workarounds If users cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR 3655...

CVE-2026-59937

A flaw was found in pypdf, a pure-python PDF library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious PDF file containing repeated malformed cross-reference streams. This could cause the pypdf library to spend excessive time recovering broken cross-reference table...

SUSE CVE-2026-59937

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...

Excessive Iteration

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 Excessive Iteration via the processing of repeated malformed cross-reference streams. An attacker can cause excessive resource...

CVE-2026-59937

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59937

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...

CVE-2026-59937

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...

CVE-2026-59937

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...

CVE-2026-59937

CVE-2026-59937 affects the Python PDF library pypdf prior to 6.14.0. A crafted PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams can cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries, resulting in high impact on availability. The issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...

CVE-2026-59937 pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...

CVE-2026-59937 pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0...