pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.16.1, an attacker can craft a PDF that causes pypdf/_doc_common.py _get_outline to consume long runtimes and large amounts of memory when retrieving document outlines with large numbers of entries or deeply nested reused paths because the traversal lacked global entry-count and nesting-depth limits. This issue is fixed in version 6.16.1.
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GHSA-23w6-3w8w-8484 | pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when retrieving outlines |
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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000
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| Description | pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.16.1, an attacker can craft a PDF that causes pypdf/_doc_common.py _get_outline to consume long runtimes and large amounts of memory when retrieving document outlines with large numbers of entries or deeply nested reused paths because the traversal lacked global entry-count and nesting-depth limits. This issue is fixed in version 6.16.1. | |
| Title | pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when retrieving outlines | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-405 CWE-834 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-01T20:00:59.455Z
Reserved: 2026-09-01T16:17:43.079Z
Link: CVE-2026-84310
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-01T21:18:46.740
Modified: 2026-09-01T21:18:46.740
Link: CVE-2026-84310
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