Medium severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2026

CVE-2026-113789

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.0, an attacker can craft a PDF that causes large memory usage or long runtimes when an application retrieves the document's form fields. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.0.

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Affected products

Py PDF/Pypdfllm-fuzzy
Range: <6.21.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/5ef728f0e16d225c853e89f861ba0a67402fe3f2nvd
github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4219nvd
github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.21.0nvd
github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-6vvc-x485-93v7nvd

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