CVE-2026-96636CWE-400CWE-409denial-of-service

CVE-2026-96636

Medium · published October 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00280 · 19.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption; CWE-409 · Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Published
2026-10-22T01:20Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 OCT 04:10Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 21 OCT 21:05Z
    Pillow: Decompression-bomb protection bypass via multi-frame seek() in MPO and DCX (MpoImageFile.seek / DcxImageFile.seek)
    cvelistv5
  • 21 OCT 21:05Z
    Pillow: Decompression-bomb protection bypass via multi-frame seek() in MPO and DCX (MpoImageFile.seek / DcxImageFile.seek)
    cvelistv5