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high 7.5

CVE-2026-102994 json

pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when parsing indirect objects

published last mo. modified 7d ago also EUVD-2026-90366 , GHSA-5jq2-8x83-x246 , PYSEC-2026-4153

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.18.0, a crafted PDF containing indirect-object identifiers or generation-number tokens that continue for a long time without whitespace can cause pypdf/_reader.py and pypdf/generic/_base.py to scan excessive input through read_until_whitespace, resulting in long runtimes and application unavailability. This issue is fixed in version 6.18.0.

Patch / fix

  • pypi pypdf 6.18.0
  • py-pdf pypdf 6.18.0
  • pypdf2_project pypdf2 6.18.0
  • pypdf_project pypdf 6.18.0
  • pypdf Debian 14 6.19.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102994

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-102994 updated cvss 7.5

pypdf: pypdf: Denial of Service via crafted indirect object tokens in PDF files

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Orchestrator 2026 ansible-automation-platform/automation-orchestrator-backend-rhel9 Red Hat Lightspeed Core lightspeed-core/rag-tool-cpu-rhel9, lightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack-rhel9, lightspeed-core/rag-tool-cuda-12.9-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-rocm-rhel9, rhelai3/bootc-gaudi-rhel9, rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-ogx-core-rhel9, rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9 Red Hat Quay 3 quay/quay-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Quay 3.17 quay/quay-rhel9 1792072128
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83822
  • Red Hat Quay 3.18 quay/quay-rhel9 1792172715
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85980
  • Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-ocp-rag-rhel9, openshift-lightspeed-tech-preview/lightspeed-rag-tool-rhel9 Red Hat Quay 3.17 quay/clair-rhel9 1791849089, quay/quay-builder-rhel9 1792026771, quay/quay-rhel9-operator 1792071725, quay/quay-operator-bundle 1792085906, quay/quay-bridge-rhel9-operator 1791848775, quay/quay-bridge-operator-bundle 1791849552, +3 more Red Hat Quay 3.18 quay/clair-rhel9 1791846185, quay/quay-builder-rhel9 1792027151, quay/quay-rhel9-operator 1792172291, quay/quay-operator-bundle 1792178950, quay/quay-bridge-rhel9-operator 1791846163, quay/quay-bridge-operator-bundle 1791846837, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.7 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
CNA 4.0 8.7 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi pypdf
<6.18.0
6.18.0

Affected products

  • py-pdf pypdf

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

References

Sources

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