VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-59938

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-08
Last modified2026-10-25
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with declared image size values that are much too large compared to the actual data, causing large memory usage in pypdf image parsing. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-789

Primary references