CVE-2026-77467

Lychee: A single 383-byte PDF causes ~184 seconds of CPU consumption in the real processing path

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 15, 2026 at 04:34 PM UTC
Updated: October 20, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLychee

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Lychee is a free, open-source photo-management tool. Prior to 7.7.0, Lychee enables ImageMagick PDF support with Ghostscript but does not apply an effective pre-render limit to PDF page dimensions in ImagickHandler::loadPdf(). An authenticated user who can upload a small PDF with an oversized /MediaBox can cause Imagick::readImage() to consume substantial CPU before failing to produce an image. When QUEUE_CONNECTION selects synchronous processing the request can occupy a web worker, while the official asynchronous Docker configuration can clog the shared image-processing queue and delay other work. The advisory did not identify a Ghostscript sandbox escape. This issue is fixed in version 7.7.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 7.7.0

Remediation

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CVSS

7.1HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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