pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-jr96-gvgh-j3r4 | pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up) |
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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000
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| Description | pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2. | |
| Title | pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-407 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-23T19:31:52.598Z
Reserved: 2026-10-22T22:53:15.238Z
Link: CVE-2026-115585
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T20:17:21.230
Modified: 2026-10-23T20:17:21.230
Link: CVE-2026-115585
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-23T21:00:08Z
Github GHSA