Vulnerability in Michaelrsweet Pdfio

CVE-2026-77220

PDFio before 1.6.5 contains a dangling pointer vulnerability in the dictionary string-formatting function that stores a pointer to a stack-local buffer in the document dictionary without copying the string value. In multi-threaded or pooled-request environments, attackers or concurrent users can trigger stack memory reuse across requests, causing cross-tenant document content corruption by silently overwriting one caller's dictionary string values with another caller's data.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-77220?
CVE-2026-77220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Michaelrsweet Pdfio, classified under CWE-825. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-77220?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.