CVE-2026-102994
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.03
BB Relevance:
77/100
Published: 2026-09-30
Modified: 2026-11-02
First seen: 2026-11-02
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
X
AT:
None
VC:
None
VI:
None
VA:
High
Description
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.
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