SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-Pillow (SUSE-SU-2026:5038-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 376269

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:5038-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-96636: decompression-bomb protection bypass via multi-frame `seek()` in MPO and DCX (bsc#1286802).
- CVE-2026-96637: decompression bomb check bypass in `SpiderImagePlugin.seek()` leads to unbounded allocation DoS (bsc#1286801).
- CVE-2026-96640: PDF append accepts malformed shared page-tree DAG, which can cause resource exhaustion (bsc#1286798).
- CVE-2026-96641: reachable undefined behavior in native integer operations can lead to denial of service or logic integrity compromise (bsc#1286797).
- CVE-2026-96642: `TarIO` negative size field causes infinite CPU-spin loop (bsc#1286796).
- CVE-2026-112390: Denial of Service via infinite loop during crafted MIC image parsing (bsc#1286256).
- CVE-2026-112391: Denial of Service via unbounded recursion in PDF parser (bsc#1286273).
- CVE-2026-112392: Denial of Service via zero-size images in rank filters (bsc#1286287).
- CVE-2026-112393: heap buffer overflow and stale-heap disclosure in _tiffWriteProc when saving compressed TIFF data (bsc#1286325).
- CVE-2026-112394: `P;2L` and `P;4L` decoders may read 1 to 3 bytes past the passed buffer size (bsc#1286311).
- CVE-2026-112397: out-of-bounds access in `_imagingmorph` on a zero-width image (bsc#1286314).
- CVE-2026-112398: heap buffer overflow in FPX JPEG decoding can lead to code execution (bsc#1286406).
- CVE-2026-112399: Denial of service via crafted APNG image (bsc#1286368).
- CVE-2026-112400: Denial of Service via memory exhaustion from crafted GIF image (bsc#1286370).
- CVE-2026-112401: Denial of Service via crafted GIF comments (bsc#1286372).
- CVE-2026-112402: Denial of service via double free during image transformation (bsc#1286381).
- CVE-2026-112403: heap buffer overflow in `ImagingJpegDecode` allows for code execution (bsc#1286405).
- CVE-2026-112405: NULL pointer dereference in `Image.merge` via an unvalidated band 0 (bsc#1286404).
- CVE-2026-112406: infinite loop in `PdfParser.rewrite_pages` on page tree `Parent` cycle (bsc#1286403).
- CVE-2026-112891: quadratic GIF comment copying during save (bsc#1286402).
- CVE-2026-112892: MSP RLE decoder expands a tiny file into unbounded memory (bsc#1286401).
- CVE-2026-112894: Denial of Service via crafted multi-frame image conversion (bsc#1286408).
- CVE-2026-112895: Denial of service via crafted PDF during append operations (bsc#1286411).
- CVE-2026-112896: TIFF encoder `ColorMap` plane-size mismatch causes a heap out-of-bounds read (bsc#1286400).
- CVE-2026-112897: `TiffDecode` returns uninitialized memory as pixels for short JPEG strips (bsc#1286398).
- CVE-2026-112899: EPS `load(scale)` lets Ghostscript render past the decompression bomb limit (bsc#1286489).
- CVE-2026-112900: argument Injection in Ghostscript call can lead to remote code execution (bsc#1286397).
- CVE-2026-112901: ReDoS in `XbmImagePlugin` can be triggered by 512-byte file (bsc#1286396).
- CVE-2026-112902: memory disclosure and segfault in libtiff encoder via crafted TIFF tags (bsc#1286804).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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-Pillow package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 376269

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5038-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-112900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 8.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-pillow

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-112390, CVE-2026-112391, CVE-2026-112392, CVE-2026-112393, CVE-2026-112394, CVE-2026-112397, CVE-2026-112398, CVE-2026-112399, CVE-2026-112400, CVE-2026-112401, CVE-2026-112402, CVE-2026-112403, CVE-2026-112405, CVE-2026-112406, CVE-2026-112891, CVE-2026-112892, CVE-2026-112894, CVE-2026-112895, CVE-2026-112896, CVE-2026-112897, CVE-2026-112899, CVE-2026-112900, CVE-2026-112901, CVE-2026-112902, CVE-2026-96636, CVE-2026-96637, CVE-2026-96640, CVE-2026-96641, CVE-2026-96642

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5038-1

Detections

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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-Pillow (SUSE-SU-2026:5038-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 376269

Synopsis

Description

Solution

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Plugin Details

Risk Information

VPR

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

CVSS v4

Vulnerability Information

Reference Information