CVE-2026-59200
Pillow: Decompression Bomb DoS via PdfParser.PdfStream.decode()
HIGH 7.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.39 % · percentile 32 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 5.1.0 until 12.3.0, PdfParser.PdfStream.decode() in PIL/PdfParser.py calls zlib.decompress() with bufsize set to the PDF stream Length field without bounding the decompressed output size, allowing a crafted FlateDecode PDF stream to exhaust memory from a small file. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (DoS)
- CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-jjj6-mw9f-p565 — Pillow: Decompression Bomb DoS via PdfParser.PdfStream.decode()
- PYSEC-2026-3495 — Pillow: Decompression Bomb DoS via PdfParser.PdfStream.decode()
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-43753
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-59200
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1366 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Splunk · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1094 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.1.0 < 12.3.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| python-pillow · Pillow | affected >= 5.1.0, < 12.3.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |