CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-8318

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.37%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

A security flaw has been discovered in VectifyAI PageIndex up to f50e52975313c6716c02b20a119577a1929decba. Affected by this vulnerability is the function toc_transformer of the file pageindex/page_index.py of the component PDF Table of Contents Handler. The manipulation results in infinite loop. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. This product operates on a rolling release basis, ensuring continuous delivery. Consequently, there are no version details for either affected or updated releases.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop, causing a hang or denial of service (DoS) in applications processing PDF documents. The public availability of the exploit increases the risk of exploitation.

Recommendation

Restrict access to PDF processing functionality and implement timeouts and resource limits for processing operations. Monitor the project for a fix and consider validating or isolating processed PDF files.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A security flaw has been discovered in VectifyAI PageIndex up to f50e52975313c6716c02b20a119577a1929decba. Affected by this vulnerability is the function toc_transformer of the file pageindex/page_index.py of the component PDF Table of Contents Handler. The manipulation results in infinite loop. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. This product operates on a rolling release basis, ensuring continuous delivery. Consequently, there are no version details for either affected or updated releases.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS