CVE-2026-84309 pypdf: Possible infinite loop for TreeObject.insert_child

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.16.0, an attacker can craft a PDF whose cyclic tree structure causes pypdf/generic/datastructures.py TreeObject.insertchild to follow /Next links indefinitely when a writing code path inserts a child, producing an infinite loop...

EUVD-2026-69477

pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library. Prior to 6.16.0, an attacker can craft a PDF whose cyclic tree structure causes pypdf/generic/datastructures.py TreeObject.insertchild to follow /Next links indefinitely when a writing code path inserts a child, producing an infinite loop...