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CVE-2026-27025 (GCVE-0-2026-27025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-20 21:11 – Updated: 2026-02-24 18:40
VLAI
Title
pypdf has possible long runtimes/large memory usage for large /ToUnicode streams
Summary
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.7.1, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes and large memory consumption. This requires parsing the /ToUnicode entry of a font with unusually large values, for example during text extraction. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.7.1.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-24 18:39 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
py-pdf pypdf Affected: < 6.7.1
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