CVE-2026-59937

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEUFRUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.62% (50th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0.

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cvss

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

7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.7–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v4.06.9mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v4.06.9mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · security-advisories@github.com
v4.02.7lowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USCWE-400US
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affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37vpypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries 2026-07-23ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with repeated malformed cross-reference streams. ### Patches This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.14.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.0). ### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3887](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3887).

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1378Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-23vendor · certfrFR
  • PYSEC-2026-3610pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries 2026-08-04vendor · osvUS

    ### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with repeated malformed cross-reference streams. ### Patches This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.14.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.0). ### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3887](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3887).

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also known as (6)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdosvnvdcertfrNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-07-08modified 2026-10-25
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references (12)

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