High 8.7Published Oct 19, 2026

CVE-2026-112405Pillow: NULL pointer dereference in Image.merge via an unvalidated band 0

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:50 AM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, higher than 36% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 12.0.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow's Image.merge() can dereference a null image8 plane. Validation skips the first input band, allowing a 32-bit integer or floating-point image backed by image32 storage to be merged as a narrower multiband image. A crafted IPTC file can reach this path when an application opens and loads it, or a caller can invoke Image.merge() directly with such a first band. This causes a native process crash. 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-476
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.42% (percentile 36)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

python-pillow Pillow python_pillow:pillow (from the name)	from 12.0.0, < 13.0.0	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-cp9v-662q-vvx9	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/b6ee66e8b2c2c0932bdf65f963268d9f2927ef86	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0	x-refsource-misc

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