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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Pillow: PNG eXIf chunk makes EXIF parsing run in quadratic time | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-407 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-21T20:56:26.344Z
Reserved: 2026-09-23T14:35:50.130Z
Link: CVE-2026-96643
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-21T21:20:32.797
Modified: 2026-10-21T21:20:32.797
Link: CVE-2026-96643
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