MEDIUM 6.5 NVD
CVE-2026-96638
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 absol
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 dest_length 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.
References
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/e7794835e323ff2691d9b3a974cade1a44301b9a
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10015
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-24rc-8hj2-v98c
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2026-10-21 via NVD.
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