CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2023-36810
Medium (6.5) in pypdf project pypdf. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in pypdf2 1.27.9.
pypdf is a pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to unexpected long runtime. This quadratic runtime blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage. This issue has been addressed in PR 808 and versions from 1.27.9 include this fix. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 50% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-407
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- pypdf_project:pypdf
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-jrm6-h9cq-8gqw | PyPI | pypdf2 | <1.27.9 | 1.27.9 |
| PYSEC-2026-1837 | PyPI | pypdf2 | <1.27.9 | 1.27.9 |