CVE-2025-70559
pdfminer.six before 20251230 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the CMap loading mechanism. The library uses Python pickle to deserialize CMap cache files without validation. An attacker with the ability to place a malicious pickle file in a location accessible to the application can trigger arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation when the file is loaded by a trusted process. This is caused by an incomplete patch to CVE-2025-64512.
Published:Feb 3, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
EPS:Feb 3, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00075
CVSS Score:6.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Pdfminer
Product
Pdfminer.six
Pdfminer
Pdfminer.six
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
