CVE-2026-27888
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2026-02-26
- Fixed in6.7.3
- WeaknessCWE-400
Am I affected?
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Description
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.7.3, an attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires accessing the `xfa` property of a reader or writer and the corresponding stream being compressed using `/FlateDecode`. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.7.3. As a workaround, apply the patch manually.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2026-02-2601:16CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-27888?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-27888?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | < 6.7.3 | 6.7.3 | NVD · OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
pypdf: pypdf: Denial of Service via crafted PDF
openshift-lightspeed-tech-preview/lightspeed-rag-tool-rhel9 as a component of OpenShift Lightspeed · openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-service-api-rhel9 as a component of OpenShift Lightspeed
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHOAI 2.25.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
Fix
- Update Pypdf project pypdf to 6.7.3
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:10184 · 2 productsFor Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25.5 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_ai/
- No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2026-27888 · 1 productAffected
- No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2026-27888 · 1 productWill not fix
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch
- github.comRelease Notes
- github.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 4.0 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/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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