pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing arrays or dictionaries with many elements, causing parsing to consume large amounts of memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0.
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| Description | pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF containing arrays or dictionaries with many elements, causing parsing to consume large amounts of memory. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0. | |
| Title | pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing arrays and dictionaries | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-770 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-10-21T15:35:52.503Z
Updated: 2026-10-28T01:18:59.036Z
Reserved: 2026-10-20T17:39:41.372Z
Link: CVE-2026-113790
Updated: 2026-10-28T01:18:54.469Z
Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2026-10-21T16:17:26.880
Modified: 2026-10-28T02:17:01.810
Link: CVE-2026-113790