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high 7.1

CVE-2026-115572 json

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated references to the same missing object

published 17d ago modified 7d ago also EUVD-2026-109128 , GHSA-6c7f-9265-g8fw

cvss
7.1
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an attacker can craft a PDF that repeatedly references the same nonexistent indirect object, causing relevant file parts such as pages to trigger repeated full-file recovery loads and long runtimes when accessed. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Patch / fix

  • pypi pypdf 6.21.2
  • py-pdf pypdf 6.21.2
  • pypdf2_project pypdf2 6.21.2
  • pypdf_project pypdf 6.21.2
  • pypdf Debian 14 6.21.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-115572

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-115572 updated cvss 5.5

pypdf: pypdf: Denial of Service via repeated nonexistent object references

  • 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 Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-ocp-rag-rhel9, openshift-lightspeed-tech-preview/lightspeed-rag-tool-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • 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 Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-ogx-core-rhel9, rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Quay 3 quay/quay-rhel8, quay/quay-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”

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
11d ago

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi pypdf
<6.21.2
6.21.2

Affected products

  • py-pdf pypdf

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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