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CVE-2026-115585

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up)

7.1 HighFix available

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Passive

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Down 0.1 points since Oct 24, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up)

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Record
CVE-2026-115585
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-109130 7.1

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Record
EUVD-2026-109130
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jr96-gvgh-j3r4 7.1

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up)

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==6.21.2.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #4240.

Notes

This is a follow-up to https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v, which had the side-effect of still loading the whole stream again despite the cache being present.

Record
GHSA-jr96-gvgh-j3r4
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.1

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Record
CVE-2026-115585
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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:X
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.1

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up)

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Record
CVE-2026-115585
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-115585 7.1

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-115585
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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:X
Updated
2026-11-06
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OSVGHSA-jr96-gvgh-j3r4 7.1

pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up)

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==6.21.2.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #4240.

Notes

This is a follow-up to https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v, which had the side-effect of still loading the whole stream again despite the cache being present.

Record
GHSA-jr96-gvgh-j3r4
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHLW-2026-8c3fe2e9e5dcb600 7.1

Lightwell Security Advisory: pypdf 6.21.1+rhlw.1

Red Hat Lightwell has released pypdf 6.21.1+rhlw.1 with backported fixes for CVE-2026-115585, CVE-2026-115572, and CVE-2026-115580.

CVE-2026-115585: pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated malformed cross-reference entries (Follow-up)

CVE-2026-115572: pypdf: Possible long runtimes for repeated references to the same missing object

CVE-2026-115580: pypdf: Possible long runtimes for large xref table header limits

This patched artifact is a drop-in replacement for pypdf 6.21.1 from PyPI.

Record
RHLW-2026-8c3fe2e9e5dcb600
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-06
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-115585 7.1

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.21.2, an incomplete remediation for repeated malformed cross-reference entries in GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v could still trigger a complete PDF stream reload during each recovery attempt even when a recovery cache was present, causing crafted cross-reference streams to produce long runtimes. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.2.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-115585
CVSS 4.0
7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1793015443 No score

TuxCare security update for pypdf (6 CVEs)

TuxCare rebuilt pypdf to address 6 CVEs. Fixed in 5.9.0.post20+tuxcare.

Record
CLSA-2026-1793015443
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2026-115585 No score

CVE-2026-115585 in pypdf - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-115585 in the pypdf package for Root:PyPI. Multiple fixed versions available.

Record
ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2026-115585
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
pypdf
PyPI
 before 6.21.2
6.21.2
pypdf
TuxCare:PyPI
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 5.9.0 up to 5.9.0.post20+tuxcare, plus listed versions
5.9.0.post1+tuxcare5.9.0.post10+tuxcare5.9.0.post11+tuxcare5.9.0.post12+tuxcare5.9.0.post13+tuxcare
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5.9.0.post14+tuxcare5.9.0.post15+tuxcare5.9.0.post16+tuxcare5.9.0.post17+tuxcare5.9.0.post18+tuxcare5.9.0.post19+tuxcare5.9.0.post2+tuxcare5.9.0.post3+tuxcare5.9.0.post4+tuxcare5.9.0.post5+tuxcare5.9.0.post6+tuxcare5.9.0.post7+tuxcare5.9.0.post8+tuxcare5.9.0.post9+tuxcare
5.9.0.post20+tuxcare
pypdf
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.17.4-13.4.1-13.4.1-1+deb12u14.0.0-14.0.0-1~exp1
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4.0.1-14.0.2-14.1.0-14.2.0-14.3.1-15.4.0-16.19.0-16.21.0-16.21.1-16.21.4-16.9.0-16.9.2-16.9.2-2
 None known
pypdf
Debian:13
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.0-16.19.0-16.21.0-16.21.1-16.21.4-16.9.0-16.9.2-16.9.2-2
 None known
pypdf
Debian:14
 before 6.21.4-1, plus listed versions
5.4.0-16.19.0-16.21.0-16.21.1-16.9.0-16.9.2-16.9.2-2
6.21.4-1
pypdf2
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.12.1-32.12.1-3+deb12u12.12.1-4
 None known
pypdf
PyPI
 before 6.21.2, plus listed versions
1.01.11.101.111.12
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1.131.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.93.1.03.10.03.11.03.11.13.12.03.12.13.12.23.13.03.14.03.15.03.15.13.15.23.15.33.15.43.15.53.16.03.16.13.16.23.16.33.16.43.17.03.17.13.17.23.17.33.17.43.2.03.2.13.3.03.4.03.4.13.5.03.5.13.5.23.6.03.7.03.7.1
6.21.2
pypdf
Red Hat Lightwell:PyPI
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 6.21.1+rhlw.1, plus listed versions
1.01.11.101.111.12
Show 45 moreShow less
1.131.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.93.1.03.10.03.11.03.11.13.12.03.12.13.12.23.13.03.14.03.15.03.15.13.15.23.15.33.15.43.15.53.16.03.16.13.16.23.16.33.16.43.17.03.17.13.17.23.17.33.17.43.2.03.2.13.3.03.4.03.4.13.5.03.5.13.5.23.6.03.7.03.7.1
6.21.1+rhlw.1
pypdf
Root:PyPI
 before 6.18.1+aikido.4
6.18.1+aikido.46.16.2+aikido.7
pypdf
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.4.1-13.17.4-14.0.0-14.0.1-14.0.2-1
 None known
pypdf
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
6.9.2-16.9.2-2
 None known
pypdf
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.0-16.9.2-1
 None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
affected
affectedOSV
factsOSV
affectedOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-115585 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Py-pdf Pypdf, published October 23, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in pypdf 6.21.2.

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