CVE-2026-59198
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 5.2.0 until 12.3.0, Pillow's TGA RLE encoder reads past its packed row buffer when saving a mode 1 image with TGA RLE compression, allowing adjacent process heap bytes to be copied into the generated TGA file. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-125
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- python:pillow
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-fj7v-r99m-22gq | PyPI | pillow | >=5.2.0 <12.3.0 | 12.3.0 |
| PYSEC-2026-3494 | PyPI | pillow | >=5.2.0 <12.3.0 | 12.3.0 |
References
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/eada3cbd7fb9963ee90673fb7b5270124a0d5f4b
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/9709
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/12.3.0
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-fj7v-r99m-22gq
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-fj7v-r99m-22gq