CVE-2026-96643

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 11.0.0 until 13.0.0, Exif.load() in src/PIL/Image.py repeatedly slices the remaining EXIF data while it begins with the six-byte Exif header. src/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py accepts an uncapped PNG eXIf chunk, so a file filled with repeated headers causes a new shrinking copy on every iteration and quadratic CPU work. The condition is reachable through Image.getexif(), Image._getexif(), and ImageOps.exif_transpose(), including common photo-upload rotation workflows. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.

• CWE-407

• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/806e38381c781f32bbd22f4cd026678acd40fd6cPatch
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10073Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0Release Notes
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769hVendor Advisory

Published

Oct 21, 2026

Last Modified

Oct 27, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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