{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40260","details":"pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. In versions prior to 6.10.0, manipulated XMP metadata entity declarations can exhaust RAM. An attacker who exploits this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the XMP metadata. This issue has been fixed in version 6.10.0.","modified":"2026-10-06T10:06:00.202888179Z","published":"2026-04-17T01:17:39.733Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-40260"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40260"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pypdf","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pypdf?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.17.4-1","3.4.1-1","3.4.1-1+deb12u1","4.0.0-1","4.0.0-1~exp1","4.0.1-1","4.0.2-1","4.1.0-1","4.2.0-1","4.3.1-1","5.4.0-1","6.19.0-1","6.9.0-1","6.9.2-1","6.9.2-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40260.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pypdf","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pypdf?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.4.0-1","6.19.0-1","6.9.0-1","6.9.2-1","6.9.2-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40260.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pypdf","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pypdf?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.19.0-1"}]}],"versions":["5.4.0-1","6.9.0-1","6.9.2-1","6.9.2-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40260.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pypdf2","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/pypdf2?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.12.1-3","2.12.1-3+deb12u1","2.12.1-4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40260.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}