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Bumps the pip group with 1 update in the /bq-connector/docai_bq_connector directory: pypdf.
Bumps the pip group with 2 updates in the /community/identity-form-autofiller-python/src directory: pillow and flask.
Bumps the pip group with 1 update in the /incubator-tools/Reference_architecture_asynchronous/auto_deploy_v8/CFScript directory: pillow.
Bumps the pip group with 2 updates in the /web-app-demo/Backend directory: flask and flask-cors.
Bumps the pip group with 2 updates in the /web-app-pix2info-python/src directory: pillow and flask.

Updates pypdf from 4.0.0 to 6.10.0

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Version 6.10.0, 2026-04-10

What's new

Security (SEC)

New Features (ENH)

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

Bug Fixes (BUG)

Documentation (DOC)

Full Changelog

Version 6.9.2, 2026-03-23

What's new

Security (SEC)

Robustness (ROB)

Full Changelog

Version 6.9.1, 2026-03-17

What's new

Security (SEC)

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Version 6.9.0, 2026-03-15

What's new

New Features (ENH)

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Version 6.10.0, 2026-04-10

Security (SEC)

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

New Features (ENH)

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

Bug Fixes (BUG)

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

Documentation (DOC)

Full Changelog

Version 6.9.2, 2026-03-23

Security (SEC)

  • Avoid infinite loop in read_from_stream for broken files (#3693)

Robustness (ROB)

  • Resolve UnboundLocalError for xobjs in _get_image (#3684)

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Version 6.9.1, 2026-03-17

Security (SEC)

  • Improve performance and limit length of array-based content streams (#3686)

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Version 6.9.0, 2026-03-15

New Features (ENH)

  • Expose /Perms verification result on Encryption object (#3672)

Performance Improvements (PI)

  • Fix O(n²) performance in NameObject read/write (#3679)
  • Batch-parse all objects in ObjStm on first access (#3677)

Bug Fixes (BUG)

  • Avoid sharing array-based content streams between pages (#3681)
  • Avoid accessing invalid page when inserting blank page under some conditions (#3529)

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  • fd0aeca REL: 6.10.0
  • b15a374 SEC: Disallow custom XML entity declarations for XMP metadata (#3724)
  • d0d9de6 DEV: Update cryptography to 46.0.7 in ci.txt
  • 1e0e5be DOC: Include policies about AI and PoCs into security policy
  • 3155e04 Bump cryptography from 46.0.6 to 46.0.7 in /requirements (#3723)
  • 696b978 DEV: Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5 to 6 (#3701)
  • 5456731 TST: Extending typing to tests; cover generic and scripts folder files (#3660)
  • e00505e DOC: Add AI policy (#3717)
  • bd95bd8 Fix PdfReadError when xref table contains comments before trailer (#3710)
  • f3f501b DEV: Update pygments version to 2.20.0 (#3707)
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Updates pillow from 10.3.0 to 12.1.1

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12.1.1

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/12.1.1.html

Dependencies

Other changes

12.1.0

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/12.1.0.html

Deprecations

Documentation

Dependencies

Testing

... (truncated)

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Sourced from pillow's changelog.

Changelog (Pillow)

11.1.0 and newer

See GitHub Releases:

11.0.0 (2024-10-15)

  • Update licence to MIT-CMU #8460 [hugovk]

  • Conditionally define ImageCms type hint to avoid requiring core #8197 [radarhere]

  • Support writing LONG8 offsets in AppendingTiffWriter #8417 [radarhere]

  • Use ImageFile.MAXBLOCK when saving TIFF images #8461 [radarhere]

  • Do not close provided file handles with libtiff when saving #8458 [radarhere]

  • Support ImageFilter.BuiltinFilter for I;16* images #8438 [radarhere]

  • Use ImagingCore.ptr instead of ImagingCore.id #8341 [homm, radarhere, hugovk]

  • Updated EPS mode when opening images without transparency #8281 [Yay295, radarhere]

  • Use transparency when combining P frames from APNGs #8443 [radarhere]

  • Support all resampling filters when resizing I;16* images #8422 [radarhere]

  • Free memory on early return #8413 [radarhere]

  • Cast int before potentially exceeding INT_MAX #8402 [radarhere]

... (truncated)

Commits

Updates flask from 3.0.3 to 3.1.3

Release notes

Sourced from flask's releases.

3.1.3

This is the Flask 3.1.3 security fix release, which fixes a security issue but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes compared to the latest feature release.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.3/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/page/changes/#version-3-1-3

  • The session is marked as accessed for operations that only access the keys but not the values, such as in and len. GHSA-68rp-wp8r-4726

3.1.2

This is the Flask 3.1.2 fix release, which fixes bugs but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes compared to the latest feature release.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.2/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/page/changes/#version-3-1-2 Milestone: https://github.com/pallets/flask/milestone/38?closed=1

  • stream_with_context does not fail inside async views. #5774
  • When using follow_redirects in the test client, the final state of session is correct. #5786
  • Relax type hint for passing bytes IO to send_file. #5776

3.1.1

This is the Flask 3.1.1 fix release, which fixes bugs but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes compared to the latest feature release.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.1/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/changes/#version-3-1-1 Milestone https://github.com/pallets/flask/milestone/36?closed=1

  • Fix signing key selection order when key rotation is enabled via SECRET_KEY_FALLBACKS. GHSA-4grg-w6v8-c28g
  • Fix type hint for cli_runner.invoke. #5645
  • flask --help loads the app and plugins first to make sure all commands are shown. #5673
  • Mark sans-io base class as being able to handle views that return AsyncIterable. This is not accurate for Flask, but makes typing easier for Quart. #5659

3.1.0

This is the Flask 3.1.0 feature release. A feature release may include new features, remove previously deprecated code, add new deprecations, or introduce potentially breaking changes. We encourage everyone to upgrade, and to use a tool such as pip-tools to pin all dependencies and control upgrades. Test with warnings treated as errors to be able to adapt to deprecation warnings early.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.0/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/changes/#version-3-1-0 Milestone: https://github.com/pallets/flask/milestone/33?closed=1

  • Drop support for Python 3.8. #5623
  • Update minimum dependency versions to latest feature releases. Werkzeug >= 3.1, ItsDangerous >= 2.2, Blinker >= 1.9. #5624, #5633
  • Provide a configuration option to control automatic option responses. #5496
  • Flask.open_resource/open_instance_resource and Blueprint.open_resource take an encoding parameter to use when opening in text mode. It defaults to utf-8. #5504
  • Request.max_content_length can be customized per-request instead of only through the MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH config. Added MAX_FORM_MEMORY_SIZE and MAX_FORM_PARTS config. Added documentation about resource limits to the security page. #5625
  • Add support for the Partitioned cookie attribute (CHIPS), with the SESSION_COOKIE_PARTITIONED config. #5472
  • -e path takes precedence over default .env and .flaskenv files. load_dotenv loads default files in addition to a path unless load_defaults=False is passed. #5628
  • Support key rotation with the SECRET_KEY_FALLBACKS config, a list of old secret keys that can still be used for unsigning. Extensions will need to add support. #5621
  • Fix how setting host_matching=True or subdomain_matching=False interacts with SERVER_NAME. Setting SERVER_NAME no longer restricts requests to only that domain. #5553
  • Request.trusted_hosts is checked during routing, and can be set through the TRUSTED_HOSTS config. #5636
Changelog

Sourced from flask's changelog.

Version 3.1.3

Released 2026-02-18

  • The session is marked as accessed for operations that only access the keys but not the values, such as in and len. :ghsa:68rp-wp8r-4726

Version 3.1.2

Released 2025-08-19

  • stream_with_context does not fail inside async views. :issue:5774
  • When using follow_redirects in the test client, the final state of session is correct. :issue:5786
  • Relax type hint for passing bytes IO to send_file. :issue:5776

Version 3.1.1

Released 2025-05-13

  • Fix signing key selection order when key rotation is enabled via SECRET_KEY_FALLBACKS. :ghsa:4grg-w6v8-c28g
  • Fix type hint for cli_runner.invoke. :issue:5645
  • flask --help loads the app and plugins first to make sure all commands are shown. :issue:5673
  • Mark sans-io base class as being able to handle views that return AsyncIterable. This is not accurate for Flask, but makes typing easier for Quart. :pr:5659

Version 3.1.0

Released 2024-11-13

  • Drop support for Python 3.8. :pr:5623
  • Update minimum dependency versions to latest feature releases. Werkzeug >= 3.1, ItsDangerous >= 2.2, Blinker >= 1.9. :pr:5624,5633
  • Provide a configuration option to control automatic option responses. :pr:5496
  • Flask.open_resource/open_instance_resource and Blueprint.open_resource take an encoding parameter to use when opening in text mode. It defaults to utf-8. :issue:5504
  • Request.max_content_length can be customized per-request instead of only through the MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH config. Added

... (truncated)

Commits
  • 22d9247 release version 3.1.3
  • 089cb86 Merge commit from fork
  • c17f379 request context tracks session access
  • 27be933 start version 3.1.3
  • 4e652d3 Abort if the instance folder cannot be created (#5903)
  • 3d03098 Abort if the instance folder cannot be created
  • 407eb76 document using gevent for async (#5900)
  • ac5664d document using gevent for async
  • 4f79d5b Increase required flit_core version to 3.11 (#5865)
  • fe3b215 Increase required flit_core version to 3.11
  • Additional commits viewable in compare view

Updates pillow from 10.3.0 to 12.1.1

Release notes

Sourced from pillow's releases.

12.1.1

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/12.1.1.html

Dependencies

Other changes

12.1.0

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/12.1.0.html

Deprecations

Documentation

Dependencies

Testing

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from pillow's changelog.

Changelog (Pillow)

11.1.0 and newer

See GitHub Releases:

11.0.0 (2024-10-15)

  • Update licence to MIT-CMU #8460 [hugovk]

  • Conditionally define ImageCms type hint to avoid requiring core #8197 [radarhere]

  • Support writing LONG8 offsets in AppendingTiffWriter #8417 [radarhere]

  • Use ImageFile.MAXBLOCK when saving TIFF images #8461 [radarhere]

  • Do not close provided file handles with libtiff when saving #8458 [radarhere]

  • Support ImageFilter.BuiltinFilter for I;16* images #8438 [radarhere]

  • Use ImagingCore.ptr instead of ImagingCore.id #8341 [homm, radarhere, hugovk]

  • Updated EPS mode when opening images without transparency #8281 [Yay295, radarhere]

  • Use transparency when combining P frames from APNGs #8443 [radarhere]

  • Support all resampling filters when resizing I;16* images #8422 [radarhere]

  • Free memory on early return #8413 [radarhere]

  • Cast int before potentially exceeding INT_MAX #8402 [radarhere]

... (truncated)

Commits

Updates flask from 3.0.3 to 3.1.3

Release notes

Sourced from flask's releases.

3.1.3

This is the Flask 3.1.3 security fix release, which fixes a security issue but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes compared to the latest feature release.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.3/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/page/changes/#version-3-1-3

  • The session is marked as accessed for operations that only access the keys but not the values, such as in and len. GHSA-68rp-wp8r-4726

3.1.2

This is the Flask 3.1.2 fix release, which fixes bugs but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes compared to the latest feature release.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.2/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/page/changes/#version-3-1-2 Milestone: https://github.com/pallets/flask/milestone/38?closed=1

  • stream_with_context does not fail inside async views. #5774
  • When using follow_redirects in the test client, the final state of session is correct. #5786
  • Relax type hint for passing bytes IO to send_file. #5776

3.1.1

This is the Flask 3.1.1 fix release, which fixes bugs but does not otherwise change behavior and should not result in breaking changes compared to the latest feature release.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.1/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/changes/#version-3-1-1 Milestone https://github.com/pallets/flask/milestone/36?closed=1

  • Fix signing key selection order when key rotation is enabled via SECRET_KEY_FALLBACKS. GHSA-4grg-w6v8-c28g
  • Fix type hint for cli_runner.invoke. #5645
  • flask --help loads the app and plugins first to make sure all commands are shown. #5673
  • Mark sans-io base class as being able to handle views that return AsyncIterable. This is not accurate for Flask, but makes typing easier for Quart. #5659

3.1.0

This is the Flask 3.1.0 feature release. A feature release may include new features, remove previously deprecated code, add new deprecations, or introduce potentially breaking changes. We encourage everyone to upgrade, and to use a tool such as pip-tools to pin all dependencies and control upgrades. Test with warnings treated as errors to be able to adapt to deprecation warnings early.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Flask/3.1.0/ Changes: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/changes/#version-3-1-0 Milestone: https://github.com/pallets/flask/milestone/33?closed=1

  • Drop support for Python 3.8. #5623
  • Update minimum dependency versions to latest feature releases. Werkzeug >= 3.1, ItsDangerous >= 2.2, Blinker >= 1.9. #5624, #5633
  • Provide a configuration option to control automatic option responses. #5496
  • Flask.open_resource/open_instance_resource and Blueprint.open_resource take an encoding parameter to use when opening in text mode. It defaults to utf-8. #5504
  • Request.max_content_length can be customized per-request instead of only through the MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH config. Added MAX_FORM_MEMORY_SIZE and MAX_FORM_PARTS config. Added documentation about resource limits to the security page. #5625
  • Add support for the Partitioned cookie attribute (CHIPS), with the SESSION_COOKIE_PARTITIONED config. #5472
  • -e path takes precedence over default .env and .flaskenv files. load_dotenv loads default files in addition to a path unless load_defaults=False is passed. #5628
  • Support key rotation with the SECRET_KEY_FALLBACKS config, a list of old secret keys that can still be used for unsigning. Extensions will need to add support. #5621
  • Fix how setting host_matching=True or subdomain_matching=False interacts with SERVER_NAME. Setting SERVER_NAME no longer restricts requests to only that domain. #5553
  • Request.trusted_hosts is checked during routing, and can be set through the TRUSTED_HOSTS config. #5636
Changelog

Sourced from flask's changelog.

Version 3.1.3

Released 2026-02-18

  • The session is marked as accessed for operations that only access the keys but not the values, such as in and len. :ghsa:68rp-wp8r-4726

Version 3.1.2

Released 2025-08-19

  • stream_with_context does not fail inside async views. :issue:5774
  • When using follow_redirects in the test client, the final state of session is correct. :issue:5786
  • Relax type hint for passing bytes IO to send_file. :issue:5776

Version 3.1.1

Released 2025-05-13

  • Fix signing key selection order when key rotation is enabled via SECRET_KEY_FALLBACKS. :ghsa:4grg-w6v8-c28g
  • Fix type hint for cli_runner.invoke. :issue:5645
  • flask --help loads the app and plugins first to make sure all commands are shown. :issue:5673
  • Mark sans-io base class as being able to handle views that return AsyncIterable. This is not accurate for Flask, but makes typing easier for Quart. :pr:5659

Version 3.1.0

Released 2024-11-13

  • Drop support for Python 3.8. :pr:5623
  • Update minimum dependency versions to latest feature releases. Werkzeug >= 3.1, ItsDangerous >= 2.2, Blinker >= 1.9. :pr:5624,5633
  • Provide a configuration option to control automatic option responses. :pr:5496
  • Flask.open_resource/open_instance_resource and Blueprint.open_resource take an encoding parameter to use when opening in text mode. It defaults to utf-8. :issue:5504
  • Request.max_content_length can be customized per-request instead of only through the MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH config. Added

... (truncated)

Commits
  • 22d9247 release version 3.1.3
  • 089cb86 Merge commit from fork
  • c17f379 request context tracks session access
  • 27be933 start version 3.1.3
  • 4e652d3 Abort if the instance folder cannot be created (#5903)
  • 3d03098 Abort if the instance folder cannot be created
  • 407eb76 document using gevent for async (#5900)
  • ac5664d document using gevent for async
  • 4f79d5b Increase required flit_core version to 3.11 (#5865)
  • fe3b215 Increase required flit_core version to 3.11
  • Additional commits viewable in compare view

Updates flask-cors from 4.0.1 to 6.0.0

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6.0.0

Breaking

Path specificity ordering has changed to improve specificity. This may break users who expected the previous incorrect ordering.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: corydolphin/flask-cors@5.0.1...6.0.0

5.0.1

What's Changed

This primarily changes packaging to use uv and a new release pipeline, along with some small documentation improvements

New Contributors

Full Changelog: corydolphin/flask-cors@5.0.0...5.0.01

5.0.0

What's Changed

Full Changelog: corydolphin/flask-cors@4.0.2...5.0.0

4.0.2

What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: corydolphin/flask-cors@4.0.1...4.0.2

Changelog

Sourced from flask-cors's changelog.

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Commits

Updates pillow from 10.3.0 to 12.1.1

Release notes

Sourced from pillow's releases.

12.1.1

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/12.1.1.html

Dependencies

Other changes

12.1.0

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/12.1.0.html

Deprecations

Documentation

Bumps the pip group with 1 update in the /bq-connector/docai_bq_connector directory: [pypdf](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf).
Bumps the pip group with 2 updates in the /community/identity-form-autofiller-python/src directory: [pillow](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow) and [flask](https://github.com/pallets/flask).
Bumps the pip group with 1 update in the /incubator-tools/Reference_architecture_asynchronous/auto_deploy_v8/CFScript directory: [pillow](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow).
Bumps the pip group with 2 updates in the /web-app-demo/Backend directory: [flask](https://github.com/pallets/flask) and [flask-cors](https://github.com/corydolphin/flask-cors).
Bumps the pip group with 2 updates in the /web-app-pix2info-python/src directory: [pillow](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow) and [flask](https://github.com/pallets/flask).


Updates `pypdf` from 4.0.0 to 6.10.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](py-pdf/pypdf@4.0.0...6.10.0)

Updates `pillow` from 10.3.0 to 12.1.1
- [Release notes](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/CHANGES.rst)
- [Commits](python-pillow/Pillow@10.3.0...12.1.1)

Updates `flask` from 3.0.3 to 3.1.3
- [Release notes](https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/main/CHANGES.rst)
- [Commits](pallets/flask@3.0.3...3.1.3)

Updates `pillow` from 10.3.0 to 12.1.1
- [Release notes](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/CHANGES.rst)
- [Commits](python-pillow/Pillow@10.3.0...12.1.1)

Updates `flask` from 3.0.3 to 3.1.3
- [Release notes](https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/main/CHANGES.rst)
- [Commits](pallets/flask@3.0.3...3.1.3)

Updates `flask-cors` from 4.0.1 to 6.0.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/corydolphin/flask-cors/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/corydolphin/flask-cors/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](corydolphin/flask-cors@4.0.1...6.0.0)

Updates `pillow` from 10.3.0 to 12.1.1
- [Release notes](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/CHANGES.rst)
- [Commits](python-pillow/Pillow@10.3.0...12.1.1)

Updates `flask` from 3.0.3 to 3.1.3
- [Release notes](https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/main/CHANGES.rst)
- [Commits](pallets/flask@3.0.3...3.1.3)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: pypdf
  dependency-version: 6.10.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
- dependency-name: pillow
  dependency-version: 12.1.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
- dependency-name: flask
  dependency-version: 3.1.3
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
- dependency-name: pillow
  dependency-version: 12.1.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
- dependency-name: flask
  dependency-version: 3.1.3
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
- dependency-name: flask-cors
  dependency-version: 6.0.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
- dependency-name: pillow
  dependency-version: 12.1.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
- dependency-name: flask
  dependency-version: 3.1.3
  dependency-type: direct:production
  dependency-group: pip
...

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