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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-fp3f-mc75-235c)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445844

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 6.15.0, a crafted PDF can cause large
 memory consumption when pypdf/_cmap.py function parse_bfrange parses unusually large source-code or
 destination-string tokens in a font /ToUnicode CMap during text extraction. This issue is fixed in 6.15.0.
 (CVE-2026-71870)

Solution

Update the pypdf library and its related packages to version 6.15.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fp3f-mc75-235c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445844

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/9/2026

Updated: 8/9/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-71870

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-71870

cwe: CWE-400