pdfme pdf-lib versions before 5.5.10 contain an unbounded buffer growth vulnerability in the DecodeStream.ensureBuffer() method that allows attackers to cause denial of service by supplying a crafted PDF with a FlateDecode stream containing a decompression bomb. Attackers can upload a small compressed PDF that decompresses to hundreds of megabytes, exhausting memory and crashing the Node.js process or freezing browser tabs during PDF parsing.
CVE-2026-82864
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-31. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(high)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 17%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 31, 2026
Last Modified
September 10, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Aug 31, 2026pdfme pdf-lib before 5.5.10 Denial of Service via Decompression Bomb | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfme-pdf-lib-before-5.5.10-denial-of-service-via-decompression-bombDecompression Bomb in FlateDecode Stream Parsing Causes Memory Exhaustion DoS via Unbounded Buffer Growth in DecodeStream · Advisory · pdfme/pdfme · GitHub
https://github.com/pdfme/pdfme/security/advisories/GHSA-vrqm-gvq7-rrwhVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-82864(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| @pdfme/pdf-lib | — | 5.5.10 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 56× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-14 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-10 16:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-10 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-08 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-07 17:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-07 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 18:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 18:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-05 18:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-05 18:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-04 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-04 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-03 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-02 20:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-02 20:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 18:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-01 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-31 19:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-31 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-31 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-31 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-31 09:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-31 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-31 08:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-31 08:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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