CVE-2026-27026

NameCVE-2026-27026
Descriptionpypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.7.1, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires a malformed /FlateDecode stream, where the byte-by-byte decompression is used. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.7.1.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pypdf (PTS)bookworm3.4.1-1+deb12u1vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie5.4.0-1vulnerable
pypdf2 (PTS)bullseye1.26.0-4+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2.12.1-3+deb12u1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pypdfsource(unstable)(unfixed)
pypdf2source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-9mvc-8737-8j8h
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3644
Fixed by: https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/7905842d833f899f1d3228af7e7467ad80277016 (6.7.1)

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