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As a workaround, apply the patch manually.","title":"Description of the CVE"},{"category":"legal_disclaimer","text":"CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).","title":"Terms of use"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","contact_details":"https://www.suse.com/support/security/contact/","name":"SUSE Product Security Team","namespace":"https://www.suse.com/"},"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"CVE-2026-27888","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27888"},{"category":"external","summary":"SUSE Security Ratings","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/"},{"category":"external","summary":"SUSE Bug 1258934 for CVE-2026-27888","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258934"}],"title":"SUSE CVE CVE-2026-27888","tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-03-08T00:24:07Z","generator":{"date":"2026-02-27T00:24:54Z","engine":{"name":"cve-database.git:bin/generate-csaf-vex.pl","version":"1"}},"id":"CVE-2026-27888","initial_release_date":"2026-02-27T00:24:54Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-02-27T00:24:54Z","number":"2","summary":"references added,severity changed from  to moderate"},{"date":"2026-03-05T13:55:10Z","number":"3","summary":"vulnerabilities added"},{"date":"2026-03-08T00:24:07Z","number":"4","summary":"more updates released"}],"status":"interim","version":"4"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"branches":[{"branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"openSUSE Leap 16.0","product":{"name":"openSUSE Leap 16.0","product_id":"openSUSE Leap 16.0"}},{"category":"product_name","name":"openSUSE Tumbleweed","product":{"name":"openSUSE Tumbleweed","product_id":"openSUSE Tumbleweed","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:/o:opensuse:tumbleweed"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"python311-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","product":{"name":"python311-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","product_id":"python311-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","product_identification_helper":{"purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/python311-PyPDF2@2.11.1-5.1"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","product":{"name":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","product_id":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","product_identification_helper":{"purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/python313-PyPDF2@2.11.1-5.1"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-bp160.2.1","product":{"name":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-bp160.2.1","product_id":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-bp160.2.1","product_identification_helper":{"purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/python313-PyPDF2@2.11.1-bp160.2.1"}}}],"category":"product_family","name":"SUSE Linux Enterprise"}],"category":"vendor","name":"SUSE"}],"relationships":[{"category":"default_component_of","full_product_name":{"name":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-bp160.2.1 as component of openSUSE Leap 16.0","product_id":"openSUSE Leap 16.0:python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-bp160.2.1"},"product_reference":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-bp160.2.1","relates_to_product_reference":"openSUSE Leap 16.0"},{"category":"default_component_of","full_product_name":{"name":"python311-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweed","product_id":"openSUSE Tumbleweed:python311-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1"},"product_reference":"python311-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","relates_to_product_reference":"openSUSE Tumbleweed"},{"category":"default_component_of","full_product_name":{"name":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweed","product_id":"openSUSE Tumbleweed:python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1"},"product_reference":"python313-PyPDF2-2.11.1-5.1","relates_to_product_reference":"openSUSE Tumbleweed"}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-27888","ids":[{"system_name":"SUSE CVE Page","text":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27888"}],"notes":[{"category":"general","text":"pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. 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