CVE-2026-84309

A flaw was found in pypdf. An attacker can craft a malicious PDF document with a cyclic tree structure. When a writing code path attempts to insert a child object, the TreeObject.insertchild function can follow /Next links indefinitely, leading to an infinite loop. This can result in a denial of...

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...

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...

CVE-2026-84309

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...