CVE-2026-59936

HIGH8.7

pypdf: Possible infinite loop for not terminated inline images

Published Jul 8, 2026

Modified 2 weeks ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/ec3b14596186c40caca7cf8ab9b2155203e01b5b

WEB

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

WEB

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

WEB

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5xf7-4p34-54qr

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59936

CVSS Analysis