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SCA: security update for org.verapdf:parser (GHSA-jrmc-qg6p-94fp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445453

Description

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

 - veraPDF PDF parser is a PDF parser for veraPDF. Prior to 1.30.2 and 1.31.23, veraPDF-parser contains a
 denial-of-service vulnerability in veraPDF-parser/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/font/cmap/CMapParser.java
 and veraPDF-parser/src/main/java/org/verapdf/parser/postscript/PSOperator.java, where a crafted Type 0
 font /Encoding or /ToUnicode CMap stream can execute unbounded PostScript array allocation or a zero-
 increment for loop and exhaust validator memory or CPU. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.2 and
 1.31.23. (CVE-2026-54080)

Solution

Update the org.verapdf:parser library and its related packages to version 1.30.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jrmc-qg6p-94fp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445453

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 7/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

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-2026-54080

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 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: 7/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54080