Resource exhaustion in PyPDF - CVE-2026-28351
Published: April 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128010
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-28351
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pypdf Project
Affected software:
PyPDF
PyPDF
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-28351
Install security update from vendor's website.