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-2026-3010 pypdf: Inefficient decoding of FlateDecode PNG predictor streams

Impact 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. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.12.2. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes...

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...

PYSEC-2026-3007 pypdf: Possible long runtimes for wrong size values in incremental mode

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires loading a PDF with a large trailer /Size value in incremental mode. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.10.2. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR...

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-2026-3023 pypdf has inefficient decoding of array-based streams

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes and/or large memory usage. This requires accessing an array-based stream with lots of entries. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.9.1. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the...

PYSEC-2026-3014 pypdf vulnerable to inefficient decoding of ASCIIHexDecode streams

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires accessing a stream which uses the /ASCIIHexDecode filter. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.7.5. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR 3666...

PYSEC-2026-3024 pypdf has possible long runtimes/large memory usage for large /ToUnicode streams

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes and large memory consumption. This requires parsing the /ToUnicode entry of a font with unusually large values, for example during text extraction. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.7.1. Workarounds ...

PYSEC-2026-3015 pypdf possibly has long runtimes for malformed FlateDecode streams

Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires a malformed /FlateDecode stream, where the byte-by-byte decompression is used. Patches This has been fixed in pypdf==6.7.1. Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the chang...

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...

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...

PT-2026-56527

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pypdf versions prior to 6.14.0 Description An attacker can craft a PDF containing repeated malformed cross-reference streams. This causes the library to spend excessive runtimes attempting to recover broken cross-reference table entries, leadi...

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...

DEBIAN-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...

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...

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...

CVE-2026-49460 pypdf: Inefficient decoding of FlateDecode PNG predictor streams

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...