CVE-2026-112405 Pillow - Denial of Service

Pillow 12.0.0 to < 13.0.0 contains a denial of service caused by dereferencing a null image8 plane in Image.merge(), letting attackers crash the native process, exploit requires crafted IPTC file or direct invocation.

CVSS base score 8.7 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
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/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
Published
19 October 2026
Updated
20 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-476

Vendor fix

Update to version 13.0.0 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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