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CVE-2022-24303: Path traversal in Pillow

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Pillow before 9.0.1 allows attackers to delete files because spaces in temporary pathnames are mishandled.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35
• python-pillow Pillow: before 9.0.1 — fixed in 9.0.1
• Pypi Pillow: before 9.0.1; 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (+79) — fixed in 9.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: python-pillow Pillow 9.0.1; Pypi Pillow 9.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/3450
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W4ZUXPKEX72O3E5IHBPVY5ZCPMJ4GHHV/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XR6UP2XONXOVXI4446VY72R63YRO2YTP/
• https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/9.0.1.html#security
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/3450
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W4ZUXPKEX72O3E5IHBPVY5ZCPMJ4GHHV/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XR6UP2XONXOVXI4446VY72R63YRO2YTP/
• https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/9.0.1.html#security
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10

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