CVE-2026-96638
mediumPillow is a Python imaging library.
Vendor / product: Python — pillow
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 9.1.0 until 13.0.0, BmpRleDecoder.decode() in src/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py permits crafted RLE BMP delta escapes and absolute-mode runs to append beyond the remaining dest_length without a per-branch cap. A delta can add roughly 255 image rows in one iteration, so a kilobyte-sized file with a large but permitted width can expand the data bytearray to hundreds of megabytes or more, causing memory-exhaustion denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
CVSS
6.5
6.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-21 21:20
Modified: 2026-10-28 19:19
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 11 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 19:26 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
python / pillow ≥9.1.0 <13.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/e7794835e323ff2691d9b3a974cade1a44301b9a security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10015 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-24rc-8hj2-v98c security-advisories@github.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 19:26 UTC · record ↗