GHSA-v247-6f48-mgcjHigh
pypdf: Possible long runtimes with large amount of embedded files
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires accessing the embedded files through the dictionary-based API.
Patches
This has been fixed in pypdf==6.19.0.
Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #4081.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/pypdf:< 6.19.0
🔗 References (6)
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-v247-6f48-mgcj
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102999
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4081
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/6b10556d13609a68f9ed18bb29fdd8bba88eb2c3
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.19.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v247-6f48-mgcj