En bref
- CVE-2026-49461 est une vulnérabilité MOYENNE (CVSS 5.5) touchant pypdf, pypdf (pypdf project).
- Probabilité d'exploitation dans les 30 prochains jours (EPSS) : 0.17%, plus élevée que 6.9% des vulnérabilités.
- Correctif : mettre à jour vers 6.12.2 ou plus récent.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| pypdf PyPI | < 6.12.2
| 6.12.2
|
| pypdf | < 6.12.2
| 6.12.2
|
Description
Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting the text of a page which contains a form XObject with self-references.
Patches
This has been fixed in pypdf==6.12.2.
Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #3805.
NVD description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.12.2, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting the text of a page which contains a form XObject with self-references. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12.2.
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