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Medium · 6.9 CVE-2026-59938 EUVD-2026-42343GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgpPYSEC-2026-3611

pypdf: Possible large memory usage for wrong image dimensions

Published Jul 8, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with declared image size values that are much too large compared to the actual data, causing large memory usage in pypdf image parsing. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
py-pdf pypdf < 6.14.0 —

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 +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 0.11.0-r6 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pypdf < 6.14.0 6.14.0 GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp

References