CVE-2026-49461

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.

CVSS 4.0

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

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-400

Published

2026-06-22

Modified

2026-10-25

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-25

Affected

• pypdf_project:pypdf

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3805
• https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.12.2
• https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-j543-4vmf-qm7v

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