CVE-2026-84310

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: September 1, 2026 (4 days ago)
Last Modified: September 1, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in pypdf. A remote attacker could craft a malicious PDF document with specially designed outlines. Processing this document would cause the pypdf library to consume excessive processing time and memory, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a lack of limits on entry-count and nesting-depth during outline traversal.

CWE

CWE-770

Affected Products

Exploit IntelligenceLightspeed CoreOpenShift LightspeedRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)Red Hat Quay 3

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com