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.

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Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Title Uncontrolled Recursion Leading to Denial of Service in pdfcpu PDF Parser
Weaknesses CWE-749

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Title Uncontrolled Recursion Leading to Denial of Service in pdfcpu PDF Parser
Weaknesses CWE-749

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2026-07-02T20:44:29.911Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-38970

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Updated: 2026-07-03T10:45:11Z

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