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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-103000 EUVD-2026-90283GHSA-w23x-9jrw-r45cPYSEC-2026-4160

pypdf: Possible large memory usage when retrieving alphabetical page labels

Published Sep 30, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.19.0, a crafted PDF can provide unusually large alphabetical page-label values that cause pypdf/_page_labels.py to generate strings beyond a reasonable page-label length when an application retrieves document page labels, consuming excessive memory and potentially making the application unavailable. This issue is fixed in version 6.19.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
py-pdf pypdf < 6.19.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 pypdf 6.19.0-1 —
Debian 13 pypdf No fix yet —
Debian 12 pypdf No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 pypdf No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS pypdf No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS pypdf +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS pypdf2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pypdf2 No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS pypdf2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS pypdf2 No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling open-webui 0.11.4-r3 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pypdf < 6.19.0 6.19.0 GHSA-w23x-9jrw-r45c

References