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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-5hx5-vpf9-5wcv)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476583

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 6.21.1, an attacker can craft a PDF
 containing image data labeled with the /DCTDecode filter that causes Pillow to select and invoke an
 unintended image parser when the image is loaded. Environments without the optional Pillow dependency are
 not affected. This issue is fixed in version 6.21.1. (CVE-2026-113786)

Solution

Update the pypdf library and its related packages to version 6.21.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5hx5-vpf9-5wcv

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 476583

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-113786

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: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 0.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-113786