Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pillow package, versions [5.2.0,12.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-17972377
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Jul 2026
  • creditSerotav

Introduced: 14 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-59198  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pillow to version 12.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the TGA RLE encoder process. An attacker can access sensitive heap data and potentially cause limited denial of service by crafting a specially designed image file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1