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GHSA-wf5f-4jwr-ppcp: Arbitrary Code Execution in pdfminer.six via Crafted PDF Input

November 7, 2025

pdfminer.six will execute arbitrary code from a malicious pickle file if provided with a malicious PDF file. The CMapDB._load_data() function in pdfminer.six uses pickle.loads() to deserialize pickle files. These pickle files are supposed to be part of the pdfminer.six distribution stored in the cmap/ directory, but a malicious PDF can specify an alternative directory and filename as long as the filename ends in .pickle.gz. A malicious, zipped pickle file can then contain code which will automatically execute when the PDF is processed.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-wf5f-4jwr-ppcp
  • github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
  • github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/commit/b808ee05dd7f0c8ea8ec34bdf394d40e63501086
  • github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/security/advisories/GHSA-wf5f-4jwr-ppcp

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 20251107

Fixed versions

  • 20251107

Solution

Upgrade to version 20251107 or above.

Impact 8.6 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

pypi/pdfminer.six/GHSA-wf5f-4jwr-ppcp.yml

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