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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-48155

Medium
CWE-400 — Weakness Type
Published: May 28, 2026  ·  Modified: May 31, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
5.5
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.12.0, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting text in layout mode with large character offsets. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.12.0.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

CVE-2026-48155 is a denial of service vulnerability in pypdf library versions before 6.12.0 that allows attackers to craft malicious PDFs causing excessive memory consumption. The vulnerability is triggered when extracting text in layout mode with large character offsets, potentially impacting applications processing untrusted PDF documents.

📄 Description (Arabic)

ثغرة في مكتبة pypdf مفتوحة المصدر تسمح بهجمات رفض الخدمة من خلال ملفات PDF المصنوعة بعناية. تحدث الثغرة عند استخراج النصوص في وضع التخطيط باستخدام إزاحات أحرف كبيرة جداً، مما يؤدي إلى استهلاك مفرط للذاكرة.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

هذا الثغرة في مكتبة pypdf تسمح للمهاجمين بإنشاء ملفات PDF ضارة تستهلك ذاكرة كبيرة جداً. يتم تفعيل الثغرة عند استخراج النصوص في وضع التخطيط مع إزاحات أحرف كبيرة، مما قد يؤثر على تطبيقات معالجة ملفات PDF غير الموثوقة.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 30, 2026 08:32
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: medium
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
banking government healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
5.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Update pypdf library to version 6.12.0 or later immediately. Implement input validation and file size limits for PDF processing. Deploy resource monitoring and memory limits for PDF extraction operations. Consider sandboxing PDF processing in isolated environments with restricted memory allocation.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بتحديث مكتبة pypdf إلى الإصدار 6.12.0 أو أحدث فوراً. طبق التحقق من صحة المدخلات وحدود حجم الملفات لمعالجة PDF. راقب الموارد وحدد حدود الذاكرة لعمليات استخراج PDF. ضع في الاعتبار عزل معالجة PDF في بيئات معزولة مع تخصيص ذاكرة مقيد.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.12.6.1 A.14.2.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 PR.IP-12
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 A.14.2.1
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
pypdf_project:pypdf
📊 CVSS Score
5.5
/ 10.0 — Medium
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorL — Low / Local
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredN — None / Network
User InteractionR — Required
ScopeU — Unchanged
ConfidentialityN — None / Network
IntegrityN — None / Network
AvailabilityH — High
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Medium
CVSS Score5.5
CWECWE-400
EPSS0.01%
Exploit No
Patch ✓ Yes
Published 2026-05-28
Source Feed nvd
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
5.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: MEDIUM
🏷️ Tags
patch-available CWE-400
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