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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-87mj-5ggw-8qc3)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439223

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. Versions prior to 6.9.2 have a vulnerability in
 which an attacker can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires reading a file in non-
 strict mode. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.9.2. If users cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the
 changes from the patch manually. (CVE-2026-33699)

Solution

Update the pypdf library and its related packages to version 6.9.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-87mj-5ggw-8qc3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439223

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/26/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

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-2026-33699

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: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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: 3/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33699

cwe: CWE-835