Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Pillow versions 11.0.0 up to but not including 13.0.0 are affected. A crafted multi-frame image (such as PSD, MPO, DCX, or MIC) can cause a later frame to decode into native image storage allocated for an earlier frame with a different mode, leading to out-of-bounds writes and process crashes. The report also describes command execution in a test environment via the MPO/JPEG path, with an attacker needing only to submit a crafted image to a service that processes it with Pillow. Upgrade to Pillow 13.0.0 or later, which is the listed fixed version.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | Critical | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0066, the 51st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-v9pv-5gc8-w2m6
- OSV: GHSA-v9pv-5gc8-w2m6
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-v9pv-5gc8-w2m6
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96639
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10105
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/78d97d994579aef81aafe123773d525f40f2522a
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0