GHSA-qfv9-64jg-mh7p
pypdf: Possible infinite loop in PdfWriter.find_outline_item
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-113792
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires calling `find_outline_item` on a `PdfWriter`. ### Patches This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.20.1](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.20.1). ### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#4188](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4188).
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · pypdf | introduced 0, fixed 6.20.1 |
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-qfv9-64jg-mh7p WEB
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4188 WEB
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/c9c35b4471c2eb5fe078094f6c816e69d4ed25a0 WEB
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf PACKAGE
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.20.1 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |