Medium 6.9Published Jul 29, 2026

CVE-2026-54080veraPDF Parser DoS via PostScript CMap Streams

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:00 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

veraPDF PDF parser is a PDF parser for veraPDF. Prior to 1.30.2 and 1.31.23, veraPDF-parser contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in veraPDF-parser/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/cmap/CMapParser.java and veraPDF-parser/src/main/java/org/verapdf/parser/postscript/PSOperator.java, where a crafted Type 0 font /Encoding or /ToUnicode CMap stream can execute unbounded PostScript array allocation or a zero-increment for loop and exhaust validator memory or CPU. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.2 and 1.31.23.

CVSS: 6.9 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-1325
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 29, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

veraPDF veraPDF-parser verapdf:parser (from the name)	before 1.30.2; from 1.31.1, < 1.31.23	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-jrmc-qg6p-94fp	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-parser/pull/703	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-parser/commit/73d6ec002b98ce1f3f68640442f8e5d5613c80ce	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-parser/commit/cb3538607a549d63504299be1088c85ae48605f4	x-refsource-misc

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