Infinite loop Affecting pypdf package, versions [,6.7.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PYPDF-15309440
  • published19 Feb 2026
  • disclosed18 Feb 2026
  • creditCheonWoong-Park

Introduced: 18 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-27024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pypdf to version 6.7.1 or higher.

Overview

pypdf is an A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming PDF files

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop in the children() function in generic/_data_structures.py‎, which fails to return from nodes with cyclic links in a TreeObject.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1