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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-jfx9-29x2-rv3j)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435726

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 version 6.1.3, an attacker who uses this
 vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires parsing the content stream
 of a page using the LZWDecode filter. This has been fixed in pypdf version 6.1.3. (CVE-2025-62708)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfx9-29x2-rv3j

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435726

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/23/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2025-62708

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: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 8.7

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:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62708

cwe: CWE-409