Vulnerability · Published Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-112397Pillow: Out-of-bounds access in _imagingmorph on a zero-width image

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Pillow from python-pillow. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, Pillow's ImageMorph.MorphOp.apply() can access memory before a row buffer for a zero-width image. PPM and PGM input can create an image with width zero, and the native morphology routine indexes outrow[width - 1] without rejecting that geometry. An attacker can supply such an image to an application that applies a morphology operation. This can crash the process. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8python3-pillow5.1.1-33.el8_10ALSA-2026:92639
AlmaLinux:8python3-pillow-devel5.1.1-33.el8_10ALSA-2026:92639
AlmaLinux:8python3-pillow-doc5.1.1-33.el8_10ALSA-2026:92639
AlmaLinux:8python3-pillow-tk5.1.1-33.el8_10ALSA-2026:92639
Debian:12pillowno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-112397
Debian:13pillowno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-112397
Debian:14pillowno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-112397
PyPIpillow13.0.0GHSA-58r4-6rv3-gfh8
PyPIpillow13.0.0PYSEC-2026-4329
Rocky Linux:8python-pillow0:5.1.1-33.el8_10RLSA-2026:92639
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpillowno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-112397
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSpillowno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-112397
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSpillowno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-112397
Ubuntu:26.10pillowno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-112397

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
python-pillow Pillow < 13.0.0

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References