GHSA-3CRG-W4F6-42MX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-10 20:59 – Updated: 2026-04-10 21:32
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Summary
pypdf: Manipulated XMP metadata entity declarations can exhaust RAM
Details

Impact

An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the XMP metadata.

Patches

This has been fixed in pypdf==6.10.0.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #3724.

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
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        "name": "pypdf"
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    "CVE-2026-40260"
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nAn attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the XMP metadata.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been fixed in [pypdf==6.10.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.10.0).\n\n### Workarounds\nIf you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3724](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3724).",
  "id": "GHSA-3crg-w4f6-42mx",
  "modified": "2026-04-10T21:32:54Z",
  "published": "2026-04-10T20:59:36Z",
  "references": [
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    },
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    },
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