Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pillow package, versions [10.3.0,12.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-15265439
  • published11 Feb 2026
  • disclosed11 Feb 2026
  • creditYarden Porat

Introduced: 11 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-25990  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pillow to version 12.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the _setimage() functions in encode.c and decode.c, which are exploitable via Image.open(). An attacker can execute arbitrary code by supplying a malicious PSD image file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1