CVE-2023-36810

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.63% (50th) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Is it mine?
10 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

pypdf is a pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to unexpected long runtime. This quadratic runtime blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage. This issue has been addressed in PR 808 and versions from 1.27.9 include this fix. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.6
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-407USCWE-407USCWE-407US
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affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-jrm6-h9cq-8gqwPyPDF2 quadratic runtime with malformed PDF missing xref marker2023-06-30ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to unexpected long runtime. This quadratic runtime blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage. ### Patches https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/808 ### Workarounds _Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_ ### References * [PyPDF2 PR #808](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/808) * [PyPDF2 Issue #582](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/issues/582)

  • PYSEC-2026-1837PyPDF2 quadratic runtime with malformed PDF missing xref marker2026-07-07vendor · osvUS

    ### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to unexpected long runtime. This quadratic runtime blocks the current process and can utilize a single core of the CPU by 100%. It does not affect memory usage. ### Patches https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/808 ### Workarounds _Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_ ### References * [PyPDF2 PR #808](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/808) * [PyPDF2 Issue #582](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/issues/582)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-06-30modified 2026-06-17
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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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