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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:15:00 +0000
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| Description | Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 5.1.0 until 13.0.0, PdfParser.linearize_page_tree() in src/PIL/PdfParser.py treats a PDF /Pages graph as a tree without tracking duplicate indirect references. When Image.save(..., format="PDF", append=True) processes an attacker-controlled existing PDF whose /Kids arrays repeatedly reference the same child /Pages node, Pillow expands the shared subtree as distinct pages. A compact malformed PDF can therefore create exponentially many page references and consume disproportionate CPU before the append completes. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0. | |
| Title | Pillow PDF append accepts malformed shared page-tree DAG causing resource exhaustion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-407 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-21T21:03:22.785Z
Reserved: 2026-09-23T14:35:50.130Z
Link: CVE-2026-96640
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-21T21:20:32.357
Modified: 2026-10-21T21:20:32.357
Link: CVE-2026-96640
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