CVE-2026-55798
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, WindowsViewer.get_command() constructed a cmd.exe shell command by directly embedding a file path into an f-string without escaping and passed the result to subprocess.Popen(..., shell=True), allowing shell metacharacters in the file path to inject arbitrary cmd.exe commands. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 7% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-78
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- python:pillow
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-4x4j-2g7c-83w6 | PyPI | pillow | <12.3.0 | 12.3.0 |
| PYSEC-2026-2257 | PyPI | pillow | <12.3.0 | 12.3.0 |
References
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/docs/releasenotes/12.3.0.rst
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/8404ea5fe5df40fc34aa1e51403dd6fce0778b8a
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/88194166691b7b603529b8b036ab3ab9cedd2de4
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/b0e06caa64c1405aa3da0bb1d2bd9a77ca22de7f
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-4x4j-2g7c-83w6