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CVE-2026-96643

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-10-21 Modified: 2026-10-27 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Passive
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 11.0.0 until 13.0.0, Exif.load() in src/PIL/Image.py repeatedly slices the remaining EXIF data while it begins with the six-byte Exif header. src/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py accepts an uncapped PNG eXIf chunk, so a file filled with repeated headers causes a new shrinking copy on every iteration and quadratic CPU work. The condition is reachable through Image.getexif(), Image._getexif(), and ImageOps.exif_transpose(), including common photo-upload rotation workflows. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
python pillow 11.0.0 – 13.0.0
python pillow 11.0.0 – 13.0.0

References & Advisories (4)

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.37%
Raw Score 0.003730
Percentile 31.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00373
2026-10-28
0.00373

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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