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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-qpxp-75px-xjcp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438942

Description

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)

Solution

Update the pypdf library and its related packages to version 6.9.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qpxp-75px-xjcp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438942

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/18/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33123

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33123