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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Pillow: ReDoS in XbmImagePlugin: 512-byte file stalls Image.open() for minutes | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1333 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-19T22:09:52.614Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T20:16:09.857Z
Link: CVE-2026-112901
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-19T22:17:10.293
Modified: 2026-10-19T22:17:10.293
Link: CVE-2026-112901
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Updated: 2026-10-20T00:45:06Z
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