GHSA-fwg2-594c-jp42
pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage for large CID font width ranges
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-71852
- Aliases
- PYSEC-2026-3656
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes and large memory consumption. This requires parsing the font width entries of a font with unusually large values, for example during text extraction. ### Patches This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.15.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.15.0). ### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3946](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3946).
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · pypdf | introduced 0, fixed 6.15.0 |
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-fwg2-594c-jp42 WEB
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3946 WEB
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/51cb6acf9e8a35b77e90b4d87d28fe3e1416d7d7 WEB
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf PACKAGE
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.15.0 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |