Resource Exhaustion Affecting thumbor package, versions <7.8.0-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-THUMBOR-18492964
  • published1 Aug 2026
  • disclosed31 Jul 2026

Introduced: 31 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-53504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable thumbor to version 7.8.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thumbor package and not the thumbor package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, the convolution filter regular expression performs exponential backtracking on crafted repeated numeric input, allowing a URL request to exhaust processing time. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.