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CVE-2026-49460

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 45/100
Published: 2026-06-22 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 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: Low

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 long runtimes. This requires accessing a stream which uses the /FlateDecode filter with a PNG predictor. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12.2.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
pypdf_project pypdf < 6.12.2

References & Advisories (3)

Bug Bounty Relevance

45 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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

0.17%
Raw Score 0.001660
Percentile 5.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00166
2026-10-28
0.00166

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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