CVE-2025-70559

Published Feb 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
pdfminer.six before 20251230 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the CMap loading mechanism. The library uses Python pickle to deserialize CMap cache files without validation. An attacker with the ability to place a malicious pickle file in a location accessible to the application can trigger arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation when the file is loaded by a trusted process. This is caused by an incomplete patch to CVE-2025-64512.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f83h-ghpp-7wcc Insecure Deserialization (pickle) in pdfminer.six CMap Loader — Local Privesc
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8837-1 pdfminer vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-502
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pdfminer
Pdfminer pdfminer.six
Vendors & Products Pdfminer
Pdfminer pdfminer.six
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description pdfminer.six before 20251230 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in the CMap loading mechanism. The library uses Python pickle to deserialize CMap cache files without validation. An attacker with the ability to place a malicious pickle file in a location accessible to the application can trigger arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation when the file is loaded by a trusted process. This is caused by an incomplete patch to CVE-2025-64512.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Feb 11, 2026, 5:14 PM
Reserved
Jan 9, 2026, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Feb 3, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:03 AM