Service interruption via cyclic PDF references
Published Jun 11, 2026 · Updated Jun 11, 2026
Resource exhaustion in Setasign FPDI before 2.6.7 allows remote authenticated users to crash PDF-processing scripts with crafted PDFs. The cross-reference parser follows repeated /Prev offsets, and page attribute lookup recursively resolves cyclic Parent objects without rejecting previously visited references. Exploitation requires an application to process user-supplied PDFs; repeated parsing can sustain service unavailability through memory exhaustion or time-outs.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in Setasign FPDI before 2.6.7 allows remote authenticated users to crash PDF-processing scripts with crafted PDFs. The cross-reference parser follows repeated /Prev offsets, and page attribute lookup recursively resolves cyclic Parent objects without rejecting previously visited references. Exploitation requires an application to process user-supplied PDFs; repeated parsing can sustain service unavailability through memory exhaustion or time-outs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-45802
- Published
- Jun 11, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Setasign
- Product
- FPDI
- Classifications
- CWE-770, CWE-400, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.6.7
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- xref_prev_loop.pdf regression triggerproof of concept · validated
- page_parent_loop.pdf regression triggerproof of concept · validated
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