This is fixed in H'uru via extensive use of RAII around vault nodes.
@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ PyObject* pyVaultNode::AddNode(pyVaultNode* pynode, PyObject* cbObject, UInt32 c
);
if (newNode) {
newNode->IncRef();
// No need to increment the newNode's reference count; the pynode
// will steal the current reference.
pynode->fNode->DecRef();
pynode->fNode = newNode;
}