pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing arrays or dictionaries with many elements, causing parsing to consume large amounts of memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Py-pdf
Py-pdf pypdf
Vendors & Products Py-pdf
Py-pdf pypdf

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing arrays or dictionaries with many elements, 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 arrays and dictionaries
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'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T15:35:52.503Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T17:39:41.372Z

Link: CVE-2026-113790

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T16:17:26.880

Modified: 2026-10-21T16:17:26.880

Link: CVE-2026-113790

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-21T15:35:52Z

Links: CVE-2026-113790 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T03:15:14Z

Weaknesses