CVE•Published 2026-10-21•Modified 2026-10-27•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-96637Python · Pillow

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
25
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 75% of all CVEs
Description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, SpiderImageFile.seek() in src/PIL/SpiderImagePlugin.py reparses a later SPIDER stack frame and replaces self._size without rerunning Image._decompression_bomb_check(). A tiny file can use a safe first frame to pass Image.open() and then declare very large dimensions in a later mode F frame. Loading that frame allocates approximately four bytes per attacker-declared pixel and can consume multiple gigabytes of memory. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Timeline
Published 2026-10-21
Modified 2026-10-27

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