An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to an infinite loop. This requires merging a file with threads/articles into a writer.
This has been fixed in pypdf==6.13.1.
If users cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #3839.
1.01.11.101.111.121.131.21.31.41.5+96 more6.13.1Exploitability
AV:LAC:LAT:NPR:NUI:NVulnerable System
VC:NVI:NVA:HSubsequent System
SC:NSI:NSA:NCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N