pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing a content stream with many small operations, causing parsing to consume large amounts of memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0.
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000
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| Description | pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing a content stream with many small operations, causing parsing to consume large amounts of memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0. | |
| Title | pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing content streams | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-770 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-21T15:37:50.527Z
Reserved: 2026-10-20T17:39:41.373Z
Link: CVE-2026-113791
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-21T16:17:27.027
Modified: 2026-10-21T16:17:27.027
Link: CVE-2026-113791
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