CVE•Published 2026-08-31•Modified 2026-09-10•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-82864

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CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 84% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-409Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Description

pdfme pdf-lib versions before 5.5.10 contain an unbounded buffer growth vulnerability in the DecodeStream.ensureBuffer() method that allows attackers to cause denial of service by supplying a crafted PDF with a FlateDecode stream containing a decompression bomb. Attackers can upload a small compressed PDF that decompresses to hundreds of megabytes, exhausting memory and crashing the Node.js process or freezing browser tabs during PDF parsing.

Timeline

Published 2026-08-31

Modified 2026-09-10

External references

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Censys

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