Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, WindowsViewer.get_command() constructed a cmd.exe shell command by directly embedding a file path into an f-string without escaping and passed the result to subprocess.Popen(..., shell=True), allowing shell metacharacters in the file path to inject arbitrary cmd.exe commands. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/8404ea5fe5df40fc34aa1e51403dd6fce0778b8a Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/88194166691b7b603529b8b036ab3ab9cedd2de4 Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/b0e06caa64c1405aa3da0bb1d2bd9a77ca22de7f Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-4x4j-2g7c-83w6 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-4x4j-2g7c-83w6 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.5 · pythonNVD modified 2026-10-25 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 6
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/docs/releasenotes/12.3.0.rst Release Notes
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/8404ea5fe5df40fc34aa1e51403dd6fce0778b8a Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/88194166691b7b603529b8b036ab3ab9cedd2de4 Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/b0e06caa64c1405aa3da0bb1d2bd9a77ca22de7f Patch
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-4x4j-2g7c-83w6 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-4x4j-2g7c-83w6 Exploit, Vendor Advisory