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SCA: security update for Pillow (GHSA-f2g6-542v-9j58)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476587

Description

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

 - Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 5.1.0 until 13.0.0, Pillow can enter an infinite loop while
 rewriting PDF pages. PdfParser.rewrite_pages() follows Parent relationships without detecting a cycle in
 the page tree. An attacker can supply a cyclic PDF to an application that appends an image to that PDF.
 This can hold the worker at full CPU and deny service. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
 (CVE-2026-112406)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f2g6-542v-9j58

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 476587

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: 23.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-112406

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 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: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-112406

cwe: CWE-835