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SCA: security update for pypdf (GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445214

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 6.14.0, an attacker can craft a PDF with
 repeated malformed cross-reference streams that cause pypdf to spend long runtimes recovering broken
 cross-reference table entries. This issue is fixed in version 6.14.0. (CVE-2026-59937)

Solution

Update the pypdf library and its related packages to version 6.14.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-55h5-xmcq-c37v

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445214

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: 23.77

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-2026-59937

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

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:L/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-2026-59937

cwe: CWE-400