SB2026042749 - Resource exhaustion in PyPDF



SB2026042749 - Resource exhaustion in PyPDF

Published: April 27, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026042749
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-28351)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause excessive memory consumption.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in the RunLengthDecode filter when parsing a crafted PDF content stream. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted PDF to cause excessive memory consumption.

Exploitation requires the application to parse the content stream using the RunLengthDecode filter.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.