CVE 6.9 MEDIUM

pypdf: Possible large memory usage for form XObjects during text extraction_CVE-2026-49461

6.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-49461
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 22, 2026 at 20:27

Affected Product

Vendor py-pdf
Product pypdf
Version < 6.12.2
Affected Versions py-pdf pypdf < 6.12.2

CWE Classification

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