Red Hat Security Advisory: python-pillow security update
Affects Red Hat python-pillowSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High : upgrade Red Hat pillow to 13.0.0 soon.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 02:18 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 4.0 | 8.2 |
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- 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 21 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Pillow to 13.0.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| python-pillowPillow | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated python-pillow packages that address these denial of service vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related products as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:92639. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official update.
Description
Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities have been identified in the python-pillow library used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. These issues include unbounded recursion, double free, null pointer dereference, infinite loops, out-of-bounds memory access, and unbounded memory expansion triggered by crafted image or PDF files. The vulnerabilities could cause application crashes or resource exhaustion when processing maliciously crafted images or PDFs.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92639 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555851 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555859 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555866 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555868 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555873 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555875 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555879 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2556322 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2558576 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2559393 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_92639.json (opens in a new tab)