CVE-2026-102995 pypdf: Possible large memory usage for large /ToUnicode streams (Follow-up 2)
A crafted PDF with large /ToUnicode tokens can cause excessive memory consumption in pypdf, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-102995?
CVE-2026-102995 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Pypdf Project Pypdf, published on 30 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.18.1, a crafted PDF can place unusually large source-code or destination-string tokens in a font /ToUnicode mapping, causing pypdf/_cmap.py parse_bfchar to decode and retain oversized values during operations such as text extraction and consume excessive memory. This is a second follow-up to earlier /ToUnicode resource-consumption fixes and is limited to the remaining token-length path. This issue is fixed in version 6.18.1.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-102995?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including pypdf. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pypdf PyPI | All versions | 6.18.1 |
pypdf PyPI | All versions | 6.18.1 |
pypdf PyPI | All versions | 6.18.1 |
Products include Pypdf Project Pypdf.
How do I fix CVE-2026-102995?
Upgrade pypdf to 6.18.1 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-102995 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-102995 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pypdf Project Pypdf
- CVE-2026-102993 pypdf: Possible large memory usage when retrieving Roman page labels
- CVE-2026-102994 pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when parsing indirect objects
- CVE-2026-102996 pypdf: Possible large memory usage when parsing font data
- CVE-2026-102997 pypdf: Possible long runtimes for partially malformed FlateDecode streams (Follow-up)
- CVE-2026-102998 pypdf: Possible long runtimes when generating appearance streams
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102995, ECHO-cd5b-5df9-4786, GHSA-fp3h-c4fm-7vvf, MINI-3qqv-jpvg-g4rr, MINI-5769-j342-3g5m, MINI-5mwh-m3g6-p4hx and 14 more.