Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Affecting pypdf package, versions [,6.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PYPDF-15683822
  • published18 Mar 2026
  • disclosed18 Mar 2026
  • creditEnkul

Introduced: 18 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-33123  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pypdf to version 6.9.1 or higher.

Overview

pypdf is an A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming PDF files

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in the decoding process of array-based streams. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption by crafting a PDF with a large number of entries in an array-based stream.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1