High 8.7Published Oct 19, 2026

CVE-2026-112399Pillow: APNG background disposal allocates full canvas before decompression bomb check

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 2:40 PM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, higher than 32% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 8.1.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can allocate an APNG disposal background at the full canvas size before applying the decompression-bomb check. A crafted APNG with a small first frame, a very large declared canvas, and background disposal or first-frame OP_PREVIOUS reaches PngImageFile._seek while Image.open() positions frame zero. The full-canvas allocation occurs inside Image.open() without requiring pixel loading or frame iteration. This can exhaust memory and deny service. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-789
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.39% (percentile 32)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

python-pillow Pillow python_pillow:pillow (from the name)	from 8.1.0, < 13.0.0	CNA record
python pillow python:pillow	from 8.1.0 before 13.0.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-5xm2-6676-qcp9	x-refsource-confirm, exploit, mitigation, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/f1acfc54c53502948d0d14121872061df931db48	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0	x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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