CVE-2026-38970
pdfcpu Uncontrolled Recursion Denial-of-Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 2, 2026, midnight
Last Modified :
July 2, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
mitre
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-38970
vulnerability.
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Solution
- Update pdfcpu to the latest version.
- Apply patches to enforce object nesting limits.
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