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CVE-2026-40260
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-04-17T01:17:39.733 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:44:55.547

Summary

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. In versions prior to 6.10.0, manipulated XMP metadata entity declarations can exhaust RAM. An attacker who exploits this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the XMP metadata. This issue has been fixed in version 6.10.0.

Affected products

pypdf_project — pypdf

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