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CVE-2026-42309: Pillow has a heap buffer overflow with nested list coordinates

May 4, 2026

Passing nested lists as coordinates to APIs that accept coordinates such as ImagePath.Path, ImageDraw.ImageDraw.polygon and ImageDraw.ImageDraw.line could cause a heap buffer overflow, as nested lists were recursively unpacked beyond the allocated buffer. Coordinate lists are now validated to contain exactly two numeric coordinates. This was introduced in Pillow 11.2.1.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xmw-vc9v-4wf2
  • github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
  • github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-5xmw-vc9v-4wf2
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42309

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 11.2.1 before 12.2.0

Fixed versions

  • 12.2.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 12.2.0 or above.

Impact 4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Source file

pypi/Pillow/CVE-2026-42309.yml

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