{"id":"CVE-2026-38970","title":"pdfcpu through v0.11.1 contains an uncontrolled-recursion denial-of-service issue in pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go","summary":"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() witho…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-674"],"published":"2026-07-02","updated":"2026-08-21","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38970","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L325-L366","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L942-L970","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/commit/9db810afb52b555ffcae955b32c0be3a73eb53d3","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/releases/tag/v0.12.0","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0063,"epssPercentile":0.48481,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-22T13:32:35.453Z","slug":"CVE-2026-38970","body":"## Overview\n\npdfcpu 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}