OESA-2026-4740: python-pillow security update

Published Nov 11, 2026
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Updated

Pillow is the friendly PIL fork by Alex Clark and Contributors. PIL is the Python Imaging \ Library by Fredrik Lundh and Contributors. As of 2019, Pillow development is supported by Tidelift. of CVE-2022-22815,CVE-2022-22816) Security Fix(es):

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 9.1.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can disclose uninitialized stack memory when Image.quantize() uses an empty palette. ImagingPaletteCacheUpdate() leaves a local cache array uninitialized when the palette has zero entries, and the conversion path emits those bytes as output pixel indices. An attacker who controls the palette image can obtain stack contents from a returned PNG or GIF. This can disclose addresses and stack-canary data without an out-of-bounds access, memory corruption, or process crash. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.(CVE-2026-112898)

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 9.1.0 until 13.0.0, BmpRleDecoder.decode() in src/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py permits crafted RLE BMP delta escapes and absolute-mode runs to append beyond the remaining destlength without a per-branch cap. A delta can add roughly 255 image rows in one iteration, so a kilobyte-sized file with a large but permitted width can expand the data bytearray to hundreds of megabytes or more, causing memory-exhaustion denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.(CVE-2026-96638)

Affected Software

1 affected componentFixes available
openeuler/python-pillow<10.3.0-15.oe2403sp4
10.3.0-15.oe2403sp4

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade openeuler/python-pillow to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 10.3.0-15.oe2403sp4
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade Pillow to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 13.0.0

Event History

Nov 11, 2026
Advisory Published
via OSV·12:25 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·12:25 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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