High 8.7Published Sep 30, 2026

CVE-2026-102994pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when parsing indirect objects

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:30 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, higher than 26% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.18.0, a crafted PDF containing indirect-object identifiers or generation-number tokens that continue for a long time without whitespace can cause pypdf/_reader.py and pypdf/generic/_base.py to scan excessive input through read_until_whitespace, resulting in long runtimes and application unavailability. This issue is fixed in version 6.18.0.

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400, CWE-407
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.34% (percentile 26)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Sep 30, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

py-pdf pypdf py_pdf:pypdf (from the name)	before 6.18.0	CNA record
pypdf_project pypdf pypdf_project:pypdf	before 6.18.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5jq2-8x83-x246x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4055x-refsource-misc, patch, issue-tracking
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/82501d2993c6387833c4949d205caeb188f8bb9ex-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.18.0x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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