Resource Exhaustion Affecting pypdf2 package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published8 Aug 2026
- disclosed8 Jul 2026
Introduced: 8 Jul 2026
CVE-2026-59937 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Echo:latest pypdf2.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pypdf2 package and not the pypdf2 package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0.