CVE-2026-38970

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-02. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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 computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
36.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - pdfcpu/pdfcpu: PDF tooling for Go and the command line. · GitHub

https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu
generic

pdfcpu/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go at a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe · pdfcpu/pdfcpu · GitHub

https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L942-L970
generic

pdfcpu/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go at a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe · pdfcpu/pdfcpu · GitHub

https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/blob/a181c19acb322d6b93a1bbda9385a864a9ad6efe/pkg/pdfcpu/model/parse.go#L325-L366

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-38970(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 48× 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.

  1. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-16 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-16 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-15 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-15 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-14 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-14 05:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-13 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-13 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-12 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-12 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-11 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-11 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-10 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-10 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-09 13:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-09 01:15 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
  11. 2026-07-09 01:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-06 15:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  17. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-05 23:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-02 22:06 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-02 22:06 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-38970?
CVE-2026-38970 is a high vulnerability published on July 2, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-38970 disclosed?
CVE-2026-38970 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2026, with the most recent update on July 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-38970 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-38970 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 36.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-38970?
CVE-2026-38970 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-38970?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-38970, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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