GHSA-23w6-3w8w-8484

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    GHSA-23w6-3w8w-8484

    Published: 1 Sept 2026Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026

    Summary: pypdf: Possible long runtimes/large memory usage when retrieving outlines

    Details: ### Impact An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes and large memory consumption. This requires accessing the outlines of a document with either lots of entries or nested outlines with long re-used nesting paths. ### Patches This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.16.1](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.16.1). ### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3966](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3966).

    References: https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-23w6-3w8w-8484, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3966, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/d91ab705fd81ed1a9cec175c6958600dea1a4942, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf, https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.16.1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pypdf

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pypdf

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.16.1

    Affected versions

    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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