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Only the non-strict reading mode is affected.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been fixed in [pypdf==6.6.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.6.0).\n\n### Workarounds\n\n```python\nfrom pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter\n\n\n# Instead of\nreader = PdfReader(\"file.pdf\")\n# use the strict mode:\nreader = PdfReader(\"file.pdf\", strict=True)\n\n# Instead of\nwriter = PdfWriter(clone_from=\"file.pdf\")\n# use an explicit strict reader:\nwriter = PdfWriter(clone_from=PdfReader(\"file.pdf\", strict=True))\n```\n\n### Resources\nThis issue has been fixed in #3594.","status":"published","published":"2026-01-09T19:48:22Z","modified":"2026-01-11T14:53:36Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":2.7,"vector":"CVSS: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","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:16.156387Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-22690","description":"pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. 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Only the non-strict reading mode is affected.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been fixed in [pypdf==6.6.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.6.0).\n\n### Workarounds\n\n```python\nfrom pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter\n\n\n# Instead of\nreader = PdfReader(\"file.pdf\")\n# use the strict mode:\nreader = PdfReader(\"file.pdf\", strict=True)\n\n# Instead of\nwriter = PdfWriter(clone_from=\"file.pdf\")\n# use an explicit strict reader:\nwriter = PdfWriter(clone_from=PdfReader(\"file.pdf\", strict=True))\n```\n\n### Resources\nThis issue has been fixed in #3594.","status":"published","published":"2026-01-09T19:48:22Z","modified":"2026-07-07T17:56:40.246085806Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":2.7,"vector":"CVSS: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","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:37.528068Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1829","title":"pypdf has possible long runtimes for missing /Root object with large /Size values","description":"### Impact\nAn attacker who exploits this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to possibly long runtimes for actually invalid files. 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