CVE-2026-40980: OOM by attacker-controlled PDF

MODERATE | APRIL 27, 2026 | CVE-2026-40980
Description In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper. Only applications that use ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper and pass user-supplied input to…

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