Bug 2491521 (CVE-2026-49461)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-49461 pypdf: pypdf: Denial of Service via crafted PDF with self-referencing form XObject | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | anpicker, bbrownin, bdettelb, bparees, doconnor, dschmidt, erezende, hasun, jfula, jkoehler, jlanda, jowilson, kshier, lphiri, nyancey, ometelka, ptisnovs, simaishi, stcannon, syedriko, teagle, xdharmai, yguenane |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | --- | |
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A flaw was found in pypdf. An attacker can craft a malicious PDF document containing a form XObject with self-references. When a user attempts to extract text from a page within this crafted PDF, it can lead to excessive memory consumption. This vulnerability may result in a Denial of Service (DoS) due to resource exhaustion.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2492040, 2492041 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-06-22 21:02:07 UTC
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