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Medium · 4.8 CVE-2026-41314 EUVD-2026-25116GHSA-x284-j5p8-9c5pPYSEC-2026-3026

pypdf: Manipulated FlateDecode image dimensions can exhaust RAM

Published Apr 22, 2026 · Updated Apr 23, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. An attacker who uses a vulnerability present in versions prior to 6.10.2 can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires accessing an image using `/FlateDecode` with large size values. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.10.2. As a workaround, one may apply the changes from the patch manually.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
py-pdf pypdf < 6.10.2 —

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 +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 pypdf No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS pypdf No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 pypdf No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS pypdf +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS pypdf2 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pypdf2 No fix yet —
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 0.8.12-r4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pypdf < 6.10.2 6.10.2 GHSA-x284-j5p8-9c5p

References