CVE-2026-28351 (GCVE-0-2026-28351)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-27 20:59 – Updated: 2026-03-03 20:28
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Title
Manipulated RunLengthDecode streams can exhaust RAM
Summary
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to version 6.7.4, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the content stream using the RunLengthDecode filter. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.7.4. As a workaround, consider applying the changes from PR #3664.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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py-pdf pypdf Affected: < 6.7.4
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