Medium5.9Red Hat Linux Updated
Denial of Service via crafted PDF processing
CVE-2026-54530 Published Jun 22, 2026Updated by vendor Jun 22, 2026
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Denial of Service via crafted PDF processing. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.9). Weakness: CWE-835.
Affected versions
- < 6.13.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted PDF files with applications that utilize the pypdf library for text extraction in layout mode. If possible, configure applications to disable text extraction in layout mode or restrict the sources of PDF files to trusted origins. Update to 6.13.0+ version to fix the vulnerability.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source
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