CVE-2026-59938

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with declared image size values that are much too large compared to the actual data, causing large memory usage in pypdf image parsing. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0.

CVSS 4.0

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

CVSS 3.1

5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-789

Published

2026-07-08

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/commit/c64583be16b8e8763d8777075f8ecbf382014b7a
• https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3888
• https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.0
• https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp

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