CVE-2026-115572

Published: Ott 23, 2026 Last Modified: Ott 23, 2026

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Other exploit source:

Google Dorks:

HIGH 7,1

Source: [email protected]

Attack Vector: network

Attack Complexity: low

Privileges Required: none

User Interaction: passive

Confidentiality: N/A

Integrity: N/A

Availability: N/A

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an attacker can craft a PDF that repeatedly references the same nonexistent indirect object, causing relevant file parts such as pages to trigger repeated full-file recovery loads and long runtimes when accessed. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Draft

Abstraction: Class Structure: Simple

Common 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