CVE-2026-102998

{
  "etk_id": "ETK-2026-156",
  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-102998",
  "display_id": "CVE-2026-102998",
  "ghsa_id": "GHSA-php9-fj8v-98fj",
  "euvd_id": "EUVD-2026-90384",
  "status": "published",
  "anchor_state": "anchored",
  "title": "Resource exhaustion in pypdf form-field flattening",
  "summary": "pypdf versions earlier than 6.19.0 are affected when an application updates PDF form values with flattening enabled. An attacker who can supply a crafted PDF may cause excessive processing time and application unavailability through that processing path.",
  "mitigation": "Upgrade pypdf to >= 6.19.0 or later.",
  "vendor": "py-pdf",
  "product": "pypdf",
  "affected": [
    {
      "affected_notes": [],
      "affected_ranges": [
        "< 6.19.0"
      ],
      "ecosystem": "pip",
      "fixed_versions": [
        ">= 6.19.0"
      ],
      "package_name": "pypdf",
      "purl": "pkg:pypi/pypdf"
    }
  ],
  "cwes": [
    400
  ],
  "cvss_score": 8.7,
  "cvss_src": "cna_vendor",
  "cvss_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",
  "epss_score": 0.0035,
  "epss_percentile": 0.2657,
  "epss_asof": "2026-10-20",
  "automation": "contextual",
  "check": false,
  "check_confidence_basis": null,
  "exploit": false,
  "pipeline_minutes": 13.461813616666667,
  "t0_at": "2026-09-30T20:09:13.634000+00:00",
  "signals": {
    "trigger_signal": {
      "at": "2026-09-30T20:09:13.634000+00:00",
      "days": 0,
      "is_lower_bound": false,
      "measured_at": "2026-09-30T20:09:13.634000+00:00",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102998"
    }
  }
}