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CVE-2026-113793GHSA-9MX8-4J7G-633P

pypdf: Possible infinite loop when removing tree items

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.20.1
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 6.20.1, removing an object from a crafted cyclic PDF tree, such as an outline item, can enter an infinite loop and block the current process. This issue is fixed in version 6.20.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • py-pdf pypdf

    fixed in 6.20.1

  • pypdfPyPI

    fixed in 6.20.1

References 4

GitHub · py-pdf/pypdf