CVE-2026-96642

Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, the TarIO initializer in src/PIL/TarIO.py accepts a negative octal member size and computes a backward seek that returns to the same 512-byte header. When the requested member name does not match, the parser repeatedly reads that header, consumes a full CPU core, and never returns. TarIO is reached only when an application directly uses PIL.TarIO.TarIO rather than the default Image.open() path. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

CVSS 4.0

7.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-835

Published

2026-10-21

Modified

2026-10-22

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-23

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/19b695fdcc5eddc37374e2b1645fc4185edaf71d
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10012
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-3j72-p6qg-6xp7

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