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CVE-2026-40260

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.3 Published: 2026-04-17 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. In versions prior to 6.10.0, manipulated XMP metadata entity declarations can exhaust RAM. An attacker who exploits this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the XMP metadata. This issue has been fixed in version 6.10.0.

Affected Platforms

Pypdf Project Pypdf

Weakness Type

CWE-776

References