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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-g867-7843-wf8q)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445208

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 6.14.2, an attacker can craft a PDF with
 a page content stream containing a not terminated inline image that uses the ASCII85 or ASCIIHex filters,
 causing an infinite loop during parsing such as when extracting page text. This issue is fixed in version
 6.14.2. (CVE-2026-59935)

Solution

Update the pypdf library and its related packages to version 6.14.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g867-7843-wf8q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445208

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/23/2026

Updated: 7/23/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2026-59935

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: 6.6

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: 7/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59935

cwe: CWE-835