🛡️ CVE-2026-49461 on PyPI (Root.io) — pypdf

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2026-49461 in pypdf - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-49461 in the pypdf package for Root:PyPI. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-49461 as tracked by PyPI (Root.io), for the package pypdf. The fix is available in version 6.10.1+aikido.8; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2026-49461 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2026-49461 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • pypdf (fixed in 6.10.1+aikido.8)
  • rootio-pypdf (fixed in 6.11.0+root.io.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-10
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pypdf — 6.10.1+aikido.8
rootio-pypdf — 6.11.0+root.io.2

References

N/A

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