CVE-2026-59197 (GCVE-0-2026-59197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 16:25 – Updated: 2026-07-21 18:50
VLAI
Title
Pillow: Heap out-of-bounds write in Pillow `ImageFilter.RankFilter` via integer overflow in `ImagingExpand`
Summary
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, Pillow's public rank-filter API can trigger a native heap out-of-bounds write when given a very large odd filter size because ImageFilter.RankFilter.filter() calls image.expand(size // 2, size // 2) before rank-filter size validation and ImagingExpand() computes output dimensions with unchecked signed int arithmetic. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-21 18:50 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7868 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
python-pillow Pillow Affected: < 12.3.0
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