CVE-2026-59936

NameCVE-2026-59936
Descriptionpypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.1, an attacker can craft a PDF with a page content stream containing a not terminated inline image, causing an infinite loop during inline image end marker detection such as when extracting page text. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.1.
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
trixie5.4.0-1vulnerable
forky, sid6.9.2-2vulnerable
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-5xf7-4p34-54qr
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3891
Fixed by: https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/ec3b14596186c40caca7cf8ab9b2155203e01b5b (6.14.1)

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