CVE-2026-49461

A flaw was found in pypdf. An attacker can craft a malicious PDF document containing a form XObject with self-references. When a user attempts to extract text from a page within this crafted PDF, it can lead to excessive memory consumption. This vulnerability may result in a Denial of Service DoS...

CVE-2026-49461 pypdf: Possible large memory usage for form XObjects during text extraction

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 large memory usage. This requires extracting the text of a page which contains a form XObject with self-references. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12....

CVE-2026-49461 pypdf: Possible large memory usage for form XObjects during text extraction

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 large memory usage. This requires extracting the text of a page which contains a form XObject with self-references. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12....

GHSA-J543-4VMF-QM7V pypdf: Possible large memory usage for form XObjects during text extraction

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting the text of a page which contains a form XObject with self-references. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.12.2. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying...

pypdf: Possible large memory usage for form XObjects during text extraction

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting the text of a page which contains a form XObject with self-references. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.12.2. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying...