High severity · published Oct 19, 2026
CVE-2026-112392
Pillow: NULL dereference in ImagingExpand via rank filters on zero-size images
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, Pillow's rank-based filters can dereference invalid image storage for a zero-size image. ImagingExpand() allocates a non-empty output and then faults while replicating edges by reading the first pixel from empty input storage; ImagingRankFilter is never reached. An attacker can supply or cause creation of a zero-size image to an application that applies a rank, median, minimum, or maximum filter. This causes a native process crash. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
Pillow · python-pillow
< 13.0.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112392
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-112392
Patch
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/443e3130a8c11594fd0e296afad497e11e678961
Release Notes
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0
Exploit
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-27h8-gf7j-v5hc
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