CVE-2026-112901 PUBLISHED

Pillow: ReDoS in XbmImagePlugin: 512-byte file stalls Image.open() for minutes

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 19.10.2026 Published: 19.10.2026 Updated: 19.10.2026

Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, Pillow's XBM header parser is vulnerable to regular-expression denial of service. In XbmImageFile._open, when an application calls Image.open() on a small crafted XBM file, XbmImagePlugin applies a backtracking expression to the attacker-controlled header before image dimensions are accepted, stalling a worker for minutes and denying service. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor python-pillow
Product Pillow
Versions
  • Version < 13.0.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity CWE