Infinite loop Affecting pillow package, versions [4.2.0,12.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-16419304
  • published5 May 2026
  • disclosed4 May 2026
  • creditKEXNA

Introduced: 4 May 2026

CVE-2026-42310  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pillow to version 12.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop in trailer handling in PIL/PdfParser.py. An attacker can cause the application to consume excessive CPU by supplying a malicious file that creates a cyclic reference in the trailer's Prev pointer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1