Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing a content stream with many small operations, causing parsing to consume large amounts of memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0.
Published: 2026-10-21
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Description pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing a content stream with many small operations, causing parsing to consume large amounts of memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0.
Title pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing content streams
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T15:37:50.527Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T17:39:41.373Z

Link: CVE-2026-113791

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T16:17:27.027

Modified: 2026-10-21T16:17:27.027

Link: CVE-2026-113791

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling