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CVE-2026-112892: Pillow: MSP RLE decoder expands a tiny file into unbounded memory

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-19 · updated 2026-10-27
• Weakness: CWE-409

Description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 4.1.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow's MSP RLE decoder can expand a small file into an unbounded in-memory buffer. The decoder writes run-length output to BytesIO without limiting expansion to the declared image size. An attacker can supply a crafted MSP image to an application that loads its pixels. This can exhaust memory and deny service even when the declared pixel count passes the decompression-bomb check. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

Affected products

• python-pillow Pillow: from 4.1.0 before 13.0.0 — fixed in 13.0.0
• Pypi Pillow: from 4.1.0 before 13.0.0; 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.3.0, 10.4.0 (+49) — fixed in 13.0.0
• python-pillow Pillow: from 4.1.0, < 13.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: python-pillow Pillow 13.0.0; Pypi Pillow 13.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/5dcb630b9798efd91929cb873d677aeee6ed0bb3
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-gg2r-wvfm-q9rx

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