CVE-2026-49460

A flaw was found in pypdf before 6.12.2. A crafted PDF that accesses a stream using the /FlateDecode filter with a PNG predictor can trigger excessively long processing times, leading to denial of service when the document is parsed...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-49460

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...