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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Pillow vulnerabilities (USN-8399-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 320408

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8399-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled large glyph advance values in fonts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-42308)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled nested coordinate lists in certain APIs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10 and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-42309)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-42310)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed PSD files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code.
 This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10 and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-42311)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python3-pil and / or python3-pil.imagetk packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8399-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 320408

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8399-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2026

Updated: 6/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil.imagetk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42308, CVE-2026-42309, CVE-2026-42310, CVE-2026-42311

USN: 8399-1