Resource exhaustion in PyPDF - CVE-2026-59937
Published: June 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135041
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-59937
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in cross-reference stream processing when parsing a crafted PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference entries. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted PDF to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
PyPDF
How to mitigate CVE-2026-59937
Install security update from vendor's website.
PyPDF - update to 6.14.0