CVE-2026-38970 (GCVE-0-2026-38970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-02 00:00 – Updated: 2026-08-21 13:50
VLAI
Summary
pdfcpu through v0.11.1 contains an uncontrolled-recursion denial-of-service issue in pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go. The parser descends recursively through nested PDF objects, including arrays, via ParseObjectContext() and parseArray() without enforcing a maximum nesting depth.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-06 14:44 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2334 records in the last 180 days details
References
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