Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2026

CVE-2026-113795

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.20.0, accessing a crafted PDF stream with a large number of filters or multiple filters that pass around large amounts of data can cause large memory consumption. This issue is fixed in version 6.20.0.

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Affected products

Py PDF/Pypdfllm-fuzzy
Range: <6.20.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7mh2-4gg2-979fghsaADVISORY
github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/80a84d4be6022d910874ccb0d2365400f3f0e185nvd
github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4173nvd
github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.20.0nvd
github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-7mh2-4gg2-979fnvd

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