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[GHSA] GHSA-jp53-mhqp-8xcg (medium) — pypdf: Possible infinite loop for TreeObject.insert_child
GHSA-jp53-mhqp-8xcg Severity: medium CVE: CVE-2026-84309
pypdf: Possible infinite loop for TreeObject.insert_child
### Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires a (usually writing) code path where `TreeObject.insert_child` is involved.
### Patches
This has been fixed in [pypdf==6.16.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-84309cve
Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jp53-mhqp-8xcg