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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jr96-gvgh-j3r4 pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up)
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History

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
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-23T19:31:52.598Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T22:53:15.238Z

Link: CVE-2026-115585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-23T20:17:21.230

Modified: 2026-10-23T20:17:21.230

Link: CVE-2026-115585

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T21:00:08Z

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