CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-38970
pdfcpu through v0.11.1 contains an uncontrolled-recursion denial-of-service issue in pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go. The parser descends recursively through nested PDF objects, including arrays, via ParseObjectContext() and parseArray() without enforcing a maximum nesting depth.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-674","description":"CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-674","description":"CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L325-L366"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L942-L970"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a3bd8718712f9681b390060daf5202682100c67f2b38fead7150fb863054ba4e · sha256:00bcd56519217bb4… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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