Infinite loop Affecting pillow package, versions [,12.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-17972381
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Jul 2026
  • creditjiagongzheng-stack

Introduced: 14 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-59203  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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 Infinite loop in the EPS file parsing process when handling the %%BeginBinary directive. An attacker can cause the application to enter an infinite loop by supplying a crafted EPS file with a negative byte count, resulting in resource exhaustion and denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1