Is CVE-2026-41168 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-41168 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-41168?

CVE-2026-41168 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-41168?

CVE-2026-41168 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (22th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-41168?

Upgrade pypdf to 6.10.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-41168

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. An attacker who uses a vulnerability present in versions prior to 6.10.1 can craft a PDF which leads to long runtimes. This requires cross-reference streams with wrong large `/Size` values or object streams with wrong large `/N` values. This has been fixed in pypdf 6.10.1. As a workaround, one may apply the changes from the patch manually.

CWE-834

How to fix

Remediation Available

pypdfNVD

Affected:< 6.10.1Fixed in:6.10.1CVE-2026-41168derived from NVD

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

22ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Release Notes1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-24.