CVE detail
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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.
Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 3
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 3
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
3 source links · newest first
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Exploitgithub.comJul 2, 2026, 9:16 PMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comJul 2, 2026, 9:16 PM- https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpugithub.com
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Exploitgithub.comJul 2, 2026, 9:16 PM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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