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CVE-2026-48735

23
FAUCET Score

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.12.1, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing large XMP metadata, possibly with lots of unnecessary elements. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12.1.

First published: May 28, 2026Last modified: May 28, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pypdf_project:pypdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

6.9MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
NONE
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
2.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0013 is in the 3rd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pypdfFixed in: 6.12.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-wjqc-6w8f-h24cmedium

pypdf: Manipulated XMP metadata streams can exhaust RAM

Jun 16, 2026

References

github.com / py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3796
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.12.1
Release Notes
github.com / py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjqc-6w8f-h24c
PatchVendor Advisory