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SCA: security update for Pillow (GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 476855

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2026-96643)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 476855

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: 23.71

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-2026-96643

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: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96643

cwe: CWE-407