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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-2q4j-m29v-hq73)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437367

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. An attacker who uses an infinite loop
 vulnerability that is present in versions prior to 6.6.2 can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop.
 This requires accessing the outlines/bookmarks. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.6.2. If projects cannot
 upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #3610 manually. (CVE-2026-24688)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2q4j-m29v-hq73

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437367

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/29/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24688

cwe: CWE-835