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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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 |
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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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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-20T10:16:18.717
Modified: 2026-03-20T10:16:18.717
Link: CVE-2026-33123
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