CVE-2026-42310

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Published 2026-05-09 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Pillow has a PDF Parsing Trailer Infinite Loop (DoS)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42310

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42310.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-r73j-pqj5-w3x7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/12.2.0

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/9519

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/3bf614e4b8615d0ce1d5039efaf6db447fe7c468

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed12.2.0-1
debian debiansidfixed12.2.0-1
debian debiantrixieaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpillow>=4.2.0,<12.2.012.2.0
PIPpillow>= 4.2.0, < 12.2.012.2.0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pythonpillow{"startIncluding":"4.2.0","endExcluding":"12.2.0"}12.2.0

References

CWEs

CWE-835

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.