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Medium, CVSS 6.9amended

Pillow: Quadratic GIF comment concatenation allows DoS in Image.open()

CVE-2026-112401GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (pillow 13.0.0; pillow 13.0.0), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • Bitnami pillow

    Affected
    >= 5.4.0, < 13.0.0
    Fixed in
    13.0.0

  • PyPI pillow

    Affected
    >= 5.4.0, < 13.0.0
    Fixed in
    13.0.0

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Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS 4.0
6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-112401: 0.65% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 51.17 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

``` ============================================================================ Quadratic GIF comment concatenation allows DoS in Image.open() Location: src/PIL/GifImagePlugin.py:266 in GifImageFile._seek() Commit: a707c6b21c313880d0771e54965d142dd42358b6 ============================================================================ ``` Opening a crafted GIF file with `Image.open()` takes time that grows with the square of the file's size, so anyone who can submit an image to a service that uses Pillow can keep one worker busy at full processor load for a long time with a small file. A 2 MB file takes about 5 seconds to open, a 4 MB file about 35 seconds, and an 8 MB file about 3 minutes. An ordinary GIF of the same size opens in well under a second. The cost is paid inside `Image.open()` itself, with default settings, before the application has seen the image's size or format. The bug is in `GifImageFile._seek()` in `src/PIL/GifImagePlugin.py`, which builds `info["comment"]` by…

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 7 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record BIT-pillow-2026-112401

  2. Revision 6 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2

  3. Revision 5 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record BIT-pillow-2026-112401

  4. Revision 4 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2

  5. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.

  6. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2

  7. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-112401

Advisory: Pillow: Quadratic GIF comment concatenation allows DoS in Image.open()
IDs: CVE-2026-112401, GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-112401 (revision 7, source checked 30 Oct 2026, 07:30 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.9)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: pillow 13.0.0; pillow 13.0.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Bitnami pillow: affected >= 5.4.0, < 13.0.0; fixed in 13.0.0
- PyPI pillow: affected >= 5.4.0, < 13.0.0; fixed in 13.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Bitnami pillow: check the installed version with your package manager.
- `python -m pip show pillow`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on pillow.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2 lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=5.4.0 <13.0.0)
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2 (OSV record GHSA-74r2-7ff9-mjj2 lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=5.4.0 <13.0.0 (fixed))
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-pillow-2026-112401 (OSV record BIT-pillow-2026-112401 lists affected ranges: Bitnami pillow >=5.4.0 <13.0.0 (fixed))

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