CVE-2026-41168
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
pypdf has long runtimes for wrong size values in cross-reference and object streams
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Affected | — |
| forky | Affected | — |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pypdf | <6.10.1 | 6.10.1 |
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-jj6c-8h6c-hppx
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41168
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3733
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/62338e9d36419cf193ccec7331784f45df1d70b3
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.10.1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41168
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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