pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Versions prior to 6.9.1 allow an attacker to craft a malicious PDF which leads to long runtimes and/or large memory usage. Exploitation requires accessing an array-based stream with many entries. This issue has been fixed in version 6.9.1.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qpxp-75px-xjcp pypdf has inefficient decoding of array-based streams
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Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Versions prior to 6.9.1 allow an attacker to craft a malicious PDF which leads to long runtimes and/or large memory usage. Exploitation requires accessing an array-based stream with many entries. This issue has been fixed in version 6.9.1.
Title pypdf has inefficient decoding of array-based streams
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-20T09:09:12.831Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T20:35:49.926Z

Link: CVE-2026-33123

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-20T10:16:18.717

Modified: 2026-03-20T10:16:18.717

Link: CVE-2026-33123

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