pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.8.0, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing a content stream with a rather large /Length value, regardless of the actual data length inside the stream. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.8.0.
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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000
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| Description | pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.8.0, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing a content stream with a rather large /Length value, regardless of the actual data length inside the stream. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.8.0. | |
| Title | pypdf: manipulated stream length values can exhaust RAM | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-03-10T21:36:52.186Z
Reserved: 2026-03-09T17:41:56.077Z
Link: CVE-2026-31826
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-10T22:16:20.483
Modified: 2026-03-10T22:16:20.483
Link: CVE-2026-31826
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