CVE-2026-102998
HIGH
8,7
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
AI Translation Available
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.19.0, a crafted PDF with form field values can cause pypdf/generic/_appearance_stream.py appearance-stream generation to repeat invariant selection-data work inside a loop when an application updates fields with flattening enabled, resulting in excessive runtimes and application unavailability. This issue is fixed in version 6.19.0.
400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Access Control
Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Other
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
Not Technology-Specific, AI/ML
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/959467a9b95be83e2dc5ae873ece5f371263ede7
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4087
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.19.0
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-php9-fj8v-98fj