CVE-2026-59936

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.14.1, an attacker can craft a PDF with a page content stream containing a not terminated inline image, causing an infinite loop during inline image end marker detection such as when extracting page text. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.1.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-07-07 | Published 2026-07-08 | Updated 2026-07-09 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Product status

References

github.com/.../pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5xf7-4p34-54qr

github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3891

github.com/...ommit/ec3b14596186c40caca7cf8ab9b2155203e01b5b

github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.1

cve.org (CVE-2026-59936)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-59936)

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