High 8.7Published Sep 30, 2026

CVE-2026-102998pypdf: Possible long runtimes when generating appearance streams

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:50 AM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, higher than 26% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.19.0, a crafted PDF with form field values can cause pypdf/generic/_appearance_stream.py appearance-stream generation to repeat invariant selection-data work inside a loop when an application updates fields with flattening enabled, resulting in excessive runtimes and application unavailability. This issue is fixed in version 6.19.0.

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.34% (percentile 26)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Sep 30, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

py-pdf pypdf py_pdf:pypdf (from the name)	before 6.19.0	CNA record
pypdf_project pypdf pypdf_project:pypdf	before 6.19.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-php9-fj8v-98fj	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/4087	x-refsource-misc, patch, issue-tracking
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/959467a9b95be83e2dc5ae873ece5f371263ede7	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.19.0	x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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