Vulnerability GHSA-qv6h-rv94-w285

High Risk
HIGH RISK
CVSS Score: 8.0
Score Range: 7.0–8.9
High severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 7.0–8.9). Serious vulnerabilities that should be prioritized soon after critical fixes.
3 hours ago
October 01, 2026 at 03:03 PM UTC
pypdf: Possible large memory usage when retrieving Roman page labels
1.0 - 6.16.2
1.0 - 6.16.2

Summary

pypdf: Possible large memory usage when retrieving Roman page labels

Details

Impact

An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory consumption. This requires accessing the page labels of a document with large Roman numerals.

Patches

This has been fixed in pypdf==6.17.0.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #4047.

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
3 hours ago
October 01, 2026 at 03:03 PM UTC
Fixed (6.17.0)
27 days ago
September 04, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC
Last Modified
1 hour ago
October 01, 2026 at 05:56 PM UTC