pypdf 6.10.0

Version 6.10.0, 2026-04-10

on Python PyPI

What's new

Security (SEC)

• Disallow custom XML entity declarations for XMP metadata (#3724) by @stefan6419846

New Features (ENH)

• Skip MD5 key derivation for AES-256 encrypted PDFs (#3694) by @Ygnas

Bug Fixes (BUG)

• Use remove_orphans in compress_identical_objects (#3310) by @j-t-1
• Fix PdfReadError when xref table contains comments before trailer (#3710) by @rassie
• Correctly verify AES padding during decryption (#3699) by @stefan6419846
• Fix stale object cache from non-authoritative object streams (#3698) by @astahlman
• Fix extract_links pairing when annotations include non-links (#3687) by @ReinerBRO

Documentation (DOC)

• Add AI policy (#3717) by @stefan6419846

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