[ CVE-2026-96636 · Published 21 Oct 2026 ]

Pillow: Decompression-bomb protection bypass via multi-frame seek() in MPO and DCX (MpoImageFile.seek / DcxImageFile.seek)

CVSS 6.5 EPSS <1%Fix available

[ Description ]Official description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, MpoImageFile.seek() and DcxImageFile.seek() reparse later MPO or DCX frames and replace self._size without rerunning Image._decompression_bomb_check(). A crafted multi-frame image can use a tiny first frame to pass Image.open() and then declare an over-limit later frame. Normal frame iteration through seek(), load(), or ImageSequence.Iterator can decode that frame and commit hundreds of megabytes or more, causing memory-exhaustion denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

  • Pillow 13.0.0Fixed version · GitHub Advisories · pip package Pillow: upgrade to 13.0.0 or later (affected < 13.0.0)

[ Packages ]Affected open-source packages