{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33123","details":"pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Versions prior to 6.9.1 allow an attacker to craft a malicious PDF which leads to long runtimes and/or large memory usage. Exploitation requires accessing an array-based stream with many entries. This issue has been fixed in version 6.9.1.","modified":"2026-05-20T16:25:23.933415106Z","published":"2026-03-20T10:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-33123"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33123"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33123"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3686"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.9.1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-qpxp-75px-xjcp"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pypdf","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pypdf?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.4.1-1","3.17.4-1","4.0.0-1","4.0.1-1","4.0.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"python3-pypdf","binary_version":"4.0.2-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33123.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pypdf","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pypdf?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.3.1-1","5.4.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"python3-pypdf","binary_version":"5.4.0-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33123.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pypdf","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pypdf?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.4.0-1","6.9.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"python3-pypdf","binary_version":"6.9.2-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33123.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}