VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2026-38970
pdfcpu through v0.11.1 contains an uncontrolled-recursion denial-of-service issue in pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.63%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.63% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu
- https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L325-L366
- https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L942-L970
- https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/commit/9db810afb52b555ffcae955b32c0be3a73eb53d3
- https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/releases/tag/v0.12.0
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.