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CVE-2026-96638 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/e7794835e323ff2691d9b3a974cade1a44301b9a	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10015	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-24rc-8hj2-v98c	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-400	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	[email protected]
CWE-770	Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
python pillow	>= 9.1.0, < 13.0.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Oct 28, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 27, 2026	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 21, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]