CVE-2026-41168

Name	CVE-2026-41168
Description	pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. An attacker who uses a vulnerability present in versions prior to 6.10.1 can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with wrong large `/Size` values or object streams with wrong large `/N` values. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.10.1. As a workaround, one may apply the changes from the patch manually.
Source	CVE (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 Package	Release	Version	Status
pypdf (PTS)	bookworm	3.4.1-1+deb12u1	vulnerable
	trixie	5.4.0-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	6.9.2-1	vulnerable
pypdf2 (PTS)	bullseye	1.26.0-4+deb11u1	vulnerable
	bookworm	2.12.1-3+deb12u1	vulnerable

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
pypdf	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
pypdf2	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-jj6c-8h6c-hppx
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3733
Fixed by: https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/62338e9d36419cf193ccec7331784f45df1d70b3 (6.10.1)