CVE-2026-40260
MEDIUM SEVERITYCVSS Score & Metrics
Base Score
5.3 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Vulnerability Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. In versions prior to 6.10.0, manipulated XMP metadata entity declarations can exhaust RAM. An attacker who exploits this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the XMP metadata. This issue has been fixed in version 6.10.0.
Vulnerability Details
Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-776
Source
GitHub
Vendor
pip
Product
pypdf
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