High 8.8Published Oct 19, 2026

CVE-2026-112896Pillow: TIFF encoder ColorMap plane-size mismatch causes a heap out-of-bounds read

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 3:50 PM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, higher than 42% of scored CVEs.

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Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, Pillow's TIFF encoder can read beyond a ColorMap buffer when retained TIFF metadata has a plane size inconsistent with BitsPerSample. A small TIFF can be opened normally and then retain a crafted ColorMap that is reused when the image is saved. An application that re-encodes the attacker's TIFF with libtiff can trigger the out-of-bounds read. This can disclose heap memory in the output or crash the process. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.49% (percentile 42)
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)	before 13.0.0	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-pchr-8j38-3x4p	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/d03dc3c587a9b0bdc9e4304d70d59a635a87b742	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0	x-refsource-misc

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