{"id":"BIT-pillow-2026-96643","summary":"Pillow: PNG eXIf chunk makes EXIF parsing run in quadratic time","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2026-96643","GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769h","PYSEC-2026-4342"],"modified":"2026-10-29T10:55:44.091799759Z","published":"2026-10-29T08:58:19.303Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/806e38381c781f32bbd22f4cd026678acd40fd6c"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10073"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769h"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96643"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pillow","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/pillow"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"11.0.0"},{"fixed":"13.0.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/pillow/BIT-pillow-2026-96643.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.2"}