What is CVE-2026-38970?

CVE-2026-38970 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2026-38970?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2026-38970

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (36.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-38970?: CVE-2026-38970 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-38970?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.