CVE-2026-54060 (GCVE-0-2026-54060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-06 18:49 – Updated: 2026-07-07 14:08
VLAI
Title
Pillow: `FontFile.compile()`: `Image.new()` called without `_decompression_bomb_check()`
Summary
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, PIL/FontFile.py FontFile.compile() assembled per-glyph images into a combined bitmap with Image.new("1", (xsize, ysize)) without calling Image._decompression_bomb_check(), allowing a font to trigger excessive allocation during conversion or saving. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-07 14:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
python-pillow Pillow Affected: < 12.3.0
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