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SCA: security update for Pillow (GHSA-xgh8-jp6q-p5x8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476580

Description

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

 - Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, Pillow's XBM header parser is vulnerable to regular-
 expression denial of service. In XbmImageFile._open, when an application calls Image.open() on a small
 crafted XBM file, XbmImagePlugin applies a backtracking expression to the attacker-controlled header
 before image dimensions are accepted, stalling a worker for minutes and denying service. This issue is
 fixed in version 13.0.0. (CVE-2026-112901)

Solution

Update the Pillow library and its related packages to version 13.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xgh8-jp6q-p5x8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476580

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-112901

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

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:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-112901