CVE-2026-84311 — pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when extracting XForm objects
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/_page.py PageObject._extract_text and PageObject.extract_…
Published: 2026-09-01 · CVSS: 4.8 · CVSS 4.0
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/_page.py PageObject._extract_text and PageObject.extract_xform_text to traverse a directed acyclic graph of reused form XObjects in which each form invokes a child multiple times, creating exponentially many traversal paths and causing long runtimes and large memory consumption. This issue is fixed in version 6.16.1.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7