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PYSEC-2026-3025

pypdf: Manipulated XMP metadata streams can exhaust RAM

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-3025 — pypdf: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'pypdf>=6.12.1'

Details

### Impact

An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing large XMP metadata, possibly with lots of unnecessary elements.

### Patches This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.12.1](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.12.1).

### Workarounds If you cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3796](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3796).

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/pypdf

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 6.12.1

Fixpip install --upgrade 'pypdf>=6.12.1'

References

https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjqc-6w8f-h24c[WEB]
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48735[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3796[WEB]
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.12.1[WEB]
https://pypi.org/project/pypdf[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjqc-6w8f-h24c[ADVISORY]