CVE-2026-38970

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-02. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

pdfcpu through v0.11.1 contains an uncontrolled-recursion denial-of-service issue in pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go. The parser descends recursively through nested PDF objects, including arrays, via ParseObjectContext() and parseArray() without enforcing a maximum nesting depth.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
48%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - pdfcpu/pdfcpu: PDF tooling for Go and the command line. · GitHub

https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu
generic

pdfcpu/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go at a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe · pdfcpu/pdfcpu · GitHub

https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L942-L970
generic

pdfcpu/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go at a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe · pdfcpu/pdfcpu · GitHub

https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L325-L366

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-38970(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 74× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-06 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-09-05 23:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-08-27 22:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-25 13:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-24 22:37 UTCEG score recompute
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  6. 2026-08-24 10:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  11. 2026-08-22 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  27. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  29. 2026-08-18 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  32. 2026-08-17 00:09 UTCEG score recompute
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  36. 2026-08-16 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-08-15 11:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-08-14 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-08-14 10:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  53. 2026-08-11 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
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  56. 2026-08-11 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  58. 2026-08-10 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  61. 2026-08-09 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  65. 2026-08-08 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  73. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-08-06 04:31 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-06 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-38970?
CVE-2026-38970 is a high vulnerability published on July 2, 2026. pdfcpu through v0.11.1 contains an uncontrolled-recursion denial-of-service issue in pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go. The parser descends recursively through nested PDF objects, including arrays, via ParseObjectContext() and parseArray() without enforcing a maximum nesting depth.
When was CVE-2026-38970 disclosed?
CVE-2026-38970 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2026, with the most recent update on August 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-38970 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-38970 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 51.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-38970?
CVE-2026-38970 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-38970?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-38970, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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