pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Versions prior to 6.9.1 allow an attacker to craft a malicious PDF which leads to long runtimes and/or large memory usage. Exploitation requires accessing an array-based stream with many entries. This issue has been fixed in version 6.9.1.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20430-1 advisory.

    Changes in python-PyPDF2:

    - CVE-2026-33123: Fixed excessive resource consumption when processing specially       crafted PDF due to inefficient decoding of array-based streams (bsc#1259992)

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Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Versions prior to 6.9.1 allow an attacker to     craft a malicious PDF which leads to long runtimes and/or large memory usage. Exploitation requires     accessing an array-based stream with many entries. This issue has been fixed in version 6.9.1.
    (CVE-2026-33123)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Versions prior to 6.9.1 allow an attacker to
    craft a malicious PDF which leads to long runtimes and/or large memory usage. Exploitation requires
    accessing an array-based stream with many entries. This issue has been fixed in version 6.9.1.
    (CVE-2026-33123)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
304223	openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-PyPDF2 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20430-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	medium
303237	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-33123	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
438942	SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-qpxp-75px-xjcp)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
438942	SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-qpxp-75px-xjcp)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium

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