Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/pkg/pdfcpu/model package, versions <0.12.0
Threat Intelligence
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- published5 Jul 2026
- disclosed2 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Jul 2026
CVE-2026-38970 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/pkg/pdfcpu/model to version 0.12.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion in the ParseObjectContext and parseArray functions due to recursive parsing of nested PDF objects without enforcing a maximum nesting depth. An attacker can cause resource exhaustion and application unavailability by submitting specially crafted PDF files with deeply nested objects.