Pillow: Double free in ImagingScaleAffine on calloc failure via Image.transform
CVE-2026-112402GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm
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.
Affected packages
Bitnami pillow
- Affected
- < 13.0.0
- Fixed in
- 13.0.0
PyPI pillow
- Affected
- < 13.0.0
- Fixed in
- 13.0.0
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database and maintainer security advisories on GitHub
GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=0 <=12.3.0
VerifiedObserved Structured GitHub Advisory Database record (type=reviewed) from the GitHub REST API.
- Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=0 <13.0.0 (fixed)
VerifiedObserved Structured OSV record; GitHub-reviewed advisory.
- Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record BIT-pillow-2026-112402 lists affected ranges: Bitnami pillow >=0 <13.0.0 (fixed)
VerifiedObserved Structured OSV record; not marked as GitHub-reviewed.
- Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record PYSEC-2026-4331 lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=0 <13.0.0 (fixed)
VerifiedObserved Structured OSV record; not marked as GitHub-reviewed.
Severity and exploitation
- Exploitation
- No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source
- EPSS
- CVE-2026-112402: 0.59% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 48.47 (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.
``` ============================================================================ Double free in ImagingScaleAffine on calloc failure via Image.transform Location: src/libImaging/Geometry.c:866 in ImagingScaleAffine() Commit: a707c6b21c313880d0771e54965d142dd42358b6 ============================================================================ ``` There is a double free in Pillow's `Image.transform()` that crashes the process when an oversized transform runs out of memory. Instead of only raising `MemoryError`, Pillow frees the output image's memory once while handling the error and then again when the Python object is cleaned up. Anyone who can choose the output size of `Image.transform()` can trigger it, but only on a worker with a memory limit (a common hardening for image workers) or a 32-bit process. The result is a crash of the worker, plus corruption of its heap that has not been shown to be controllable. The bug is in `ImagingScaleAffine()` in `src/libImaging/Geometry.c` (line…
Dates and revisions
- Published by the source
- Last modified by the source
- Source last checked
- Revision 10 · amended ·
Amended from osv record BIT-pillow-2026-112402
- Revision 9 · amended ·
Amended from osv record BIT-pillow-2026-112402
- Revision 8 · amended ·
Amended from osv record PYSEC-2026-4331
- Revision 7 · amended ·
Amended from osv record GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm
- Revision 6 · amended ·
Amended from ghsa record GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm
- Revision 5 · amended ·
Amended from osv record BIT-pillow-2026-112402
- Revision 4 · amended ·
Amended from osv record GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm
- Revision 3 · amended ·
Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.
- Revision 2 · amended ·
Amended from osv record GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm
- Revision 1 · created ·
Published from ghsa record GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm
Agent brief
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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-112402 Advisory: Pillow: Double free in ImagingScaleAffine on calloc failure via Image.transform IDs: CVE-2026-112402, GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-112402 (revision 10, 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: High (CVSS 8.7) 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 < 13.0.0; fixed in 13.0.0 - PyPI pillow: affected < 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-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=0 <=12.3.0) - Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm (OSV record GHSA-7mwm-ghpf-9vrm lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=0 <13.0.0 (fixed)) - Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-pillow-2026-112402 (OSV record BIT-pillow-2026-112402 lists affected ranges: Bitnami pillow >=0 <13.0.0 (fixed)) - Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-4331 (OSV record PYSEC-2026-4331 lists affected ranges: PyPI pillow >=0 <13.0.0 (fixed)) Commands are suggestions: review each one before running it.
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