Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 11.2.1 until 13.0.0, Arrow export assumes that an image's rows are tightly contiguous and exports from im->blocks[0].ptr even when PILLOW_ALIGNMENT makes aligned_linesize include row padding or an aligned offset before the first row. The resulting Arrow buffer can include uninitialized padding, bytes preceding the first row, or stale heap contents from previously freed images. Applications that configure alignment and export images to Arrow can therefore disclose one user's pixels or other process memory to another user. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/19f64946eb247b973dd4560be7dea3bf979d2e6a Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-654x-cwwv-5j9c Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 7
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-27 14:29
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-27 14:29
- StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-22 16:46
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 21:17
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-21 22:16
- CVSS6.3 (v4.0, CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) → 6.3 (v4.0, CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)NVD modified 2026-10-21 22:16
- First seenCVSS 6.3 · python-pillowNVD modified 2026-10-21 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 4
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/19f64946eb247b973dd4560be7dea3bf979d2e6a Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10172 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-654x-cwwv-5j9c Vendor Advisory