CVE-2026-112893: Pillow · Invalid free in FreeType glyph rendering when a stroker is active
Affects pillowSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High : upgrade to 13.0.0 soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 32% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 13.0.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade pillow to 13.0.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Bitnamipillowpkg:bitnami/pillowOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 10.0.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can free an invalid glyph pointer during FreeType rendering with an active stroker. If FT_Load_Glyph fails, cleanup may call FT_Done_Glyph on an uninitialized or stale glyph variable. An attacker can supply a malformed font as untrusted bytes to an application that draws text with a nonzero stroke width, forcing the glyph-load failure path. This can corrupt memory or crash the process. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
References
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/a7416de7f3a43128179d2cf68df3240ea8dafe13 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-j4m9-6w36-pw47 (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112893 (opens in a new tab)