High severity · published Oct 19, 2026
CVE-2026-112399
Pillow: APNG background disposal allocates full canvas before decompression bomb check
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 8.1.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can allocate an APNG disposal background at the full canvas size before applying the decompression-bomb check. A crafted APNG with a small first frame, a very large declared canvas, and background disposal or first-frame OP_PREVIOUS reaches PngImageFile._seek while Image.open() positions frame zero. The full-canvas allocation occurs inside Image.open() without requiring pixel loading or frame iteration. This can exhaust memory and deny service. 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)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
Pillow · python-pillow
>= 8.1.0, < 13.0.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112399
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-112399
github.com
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/f1acfc54c53502948d0d14121872061df931db48
github.com
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0
github.com
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-5xm2-6676-qcp9
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