CVE-2026-27809CWE-190CWE-409CWE-617CWE-704CWE-755CWE-789

psd-tools: Compression module has unguarded zlib decompression, missing dimension validation, and hardening gaps

Medium · published February 25, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

psd-tools is a Python package for working with Adobe Photoshop PSD files. Prior to version 1.12.2, when a PSD file contains malformed RLE-compressed image data (e.g. a literal run that extends past the expected row size), decode_rle() raises ValueError which propagated all the way to the user, crashing psd.composite() and psd-tools export. decompress() already had a fallback that replaces failed channels with black pixels when result is None, but it never triggered because the ValueError from decode_rle() was not caught. The fix in version 1.12.2 wraps the decode_rle() call in a try/except so the existing fallback handles the error gracefully.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
EPSS
0.00702 · 52.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound; CWE-409 · Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification); CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion; CWE-704 · Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast; CWE-755 · Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions; CWE-789 · Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Published
2026-02-25T23:57Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 FEB 23:57Z
    psd-tools: Compression module has unguarded zlib decompression, missing dimension validation, and hardening gaps
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