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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445212

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. Prior to 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with
 declared image size values that are much too large compared to the actual data, causing large memory usage
 in pypdf image parsing. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0. (CVE-2026-59938)

Solution

Update the pypdf library and its related packages to version 6.14.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5qjq-93h5-hrgp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445212

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/23/2026

Updated: 7/23/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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: 7/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59938

cwe: CWE-789