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SCA: security update for pillow (GHSA-whj4-6x5x-4v2j)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 440930

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Pillow is a Python imaging library. Versions 10.3.0 through 12.1.1 did not limit the amount of GZIP-
 compressed data read when decoding a FITS image, making them vulnerable to decompression bomb attacks. A
 specially crafted FITS file could cause unbounded memory consumption, leading to denial of service (OOM
 crash or severe performance degradation). If users are unable to immediately upgrade, they should only
 open specific image formats, excluding FITS, as a workaround. (CVE-2026-40192)

Solution

Update the pillow library and its related packages to version 12.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whj4-6x5x-4v2j

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 440930

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40192

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40192