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CVE-2026-102993PYSEC-2026-4158GHSA-QV6H-RV94-W285

pypdf: Possible large memory usage when retrieving Roman page labels

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.17.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.17.0, a crafted PDF can provide unusually large Roman page-label values that cause pypdf/_page_labels.py to generate excessively large numeral strings when an application retrieves document page labels, consuming large amounts of memory and potentially making the application unavailable. This issue is fixed in version 6.17.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • py-pdf pypdf

    fixed in 6.17.0

  • pypdfPyPI

    fixed in 6.17.0

References 4

GitHub · py-pdf/pypdf