CVE
CVE-2026-27888
pypdf: Manipulated FlateDecode XFA streams can exhaust RAM
Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires accessing the xfa property of a reader or writer and the corresponding stream being compressed using /FlateDecode.
Patches
This has been fixed in pypdf==6.7.3.
Workarounds
If projects cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #3658.
Package Versions Affected
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CVSS Version
Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
6.6
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4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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
C
H
U
0
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C
H
U
7.5
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Related Resources
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References
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-x7hp-r3qg-r3cj, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27888, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3658, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/7a4c8246ed48d9d328fb596942271da47b6d109c, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.7.3
Basic Information
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