CVE-2026-27809 PUBLISHED

psd-tools: Compression module has unguarded zlib decompression, missing dimension validation, and hardening gaps

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.02.2026 Published: 25.02.2026 Updated: 26.02.2026

psd-tools is a Python package for working with Adobe Photoshop PSD files. Prior to version 1.12.2, when a PSD file contains malformed RLE-compressed image data (e.g. a literal run that extends past the expected row size), decode_rle() raises ValueError which propagated all the way to the user, crashing psd.composite() and psd-tools export. decompress() already had a fallback that replaces failed channels with black pixels when result is None, but it never triggered because the ValueError from decode_rle() was not caught. The fix in version 1.12.2 wraps the decode_rle() call in a try/except so the existing fallback handles the error gracefully.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CVSS Score: 6.8

Product Status

Vendor psd-tools
Product psd-tools
Versions
  • Version < 1.12.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) CWE
  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE
  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion CWE
  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound CWE
  • CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions CWE
  • CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast CWE