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PYSEC-2026-3612
pypdf: Possible infinite loop for not terminated inline images
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-3612 — pypdf: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'pypdf>=6.14.1'Details
### Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires parsing the content stream of a page with a not terminated inline image, as done when extracting the page text for example.
### Patches
This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.14.1](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.1).
### Workarounds
If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3891](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3891).
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Affected packages
References
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-5xf7-4p34-54qr[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59936[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3891[WEB]
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/ec3b14596186c40caca7cf8ab9b2155203e01b5b[WEB]
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.14.1[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/pypdf[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xf7-4p34-54qr[ADVISORY]