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CVE-2026-48735

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 49/100
Published: 2026-05-28 Modified: 2026-11-02 First seen: 2026-11-02 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
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 6.12.1, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing large XMP metadata, possibly with lots of unnecessary elements. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12.1.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
py-pdf pypdf < 6.12.1

References & Advisories (3)

Bug Bounty Relevance

49 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

6.9 / 10.0 v4.0
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/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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.13%
Raw Score 0.001280
Percentile 2.5%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00128
2026-11-12
0.00128
2026-11-10
0.00128
2026-11-09
0.00128
2026-11-08
0.00128
2026-11-07
0.00128
2026-11-06
0.00128
2026-11-05
0.00128
2026-11-04
0.00128
2026-11-03
0.00128
2026-11-02
0.00128

Intelligence Sources

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