HIGHCVSS v4 7.1Vulnerability

CVE-2026-96637

## Summary SpiderImagePlugin's seek() bypasses the decompression bomb check, allowing a tiny (<1KB) crafted SPIDER stack file to trigger a multi-gigabyte allocation on im.load(). ## Affected versions All versions up to and including current HEAD (v13.0.0.dev0, commit e7a7ea84) ## Root cause Image.open() runs Image._decompression_bomb_check(im.size) exactly once, in _open_core (src/PIL/Image.py:3668), right after the initial _open(). SPIDER stack files are multi-frame: SpiderImageFile.seek(frame) (SpiderImagePlugin.py:179-190) computes an attacker-influenced stkoffset and calls self._open() AGAIN directly (line 190) — NOT through Image.open(). _open() re-parses a fresh 27-float header at that offset and reassigns: self._size = int(h[12]), int(h[2]) # SpiderImagePlugin.py:131 straight from unvalidated header floats (isSpiderHeader only checks internal labrec*lenbyt==labbyt consistency, never bounds nsam/nrow). No bomb check runs on this new size. On the subsequent load(), ImageFile.load_prepare() (ImageFile.py:436-437) executes `self.im = Image.core.new(self.mode, self.size)` with the unchecked, attacker-chosen size. Mode is always "F" (4 bytes/pixel), so e.g. 40000x40000 = 6.4 GB. ## Why this is a real bug Sibling multi-frame plugins DO re-check on their alternate paths: - GifImagePlugin.py:286 - Image._decompression_bomb_check(self._size) (in seek) - TiffImagePlugin.py:1309 - Image._decompression_bomb_check(self._tile_size) - IcnsImagePlugin.py:121/138, IcoImagePlugin.py:236/240 (sub-image selection) SpiderImagePlugin has NO bomb check anywhere. This is the same class of bug just fixed for GdImageFile (GHSA-phj9-mv4w-65pm) and the FontFile classes (GHSA-5x94/8v84/45hq): an allocation reached on a non-Image.open() path sized by an attacker header field, independent of the one-time pixel bomb check. ## Reproduction Python 3.13, Pillow HEAD e7a7ea84 Attached: pillow_poc_spider_bomb.py Sets Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS=5000, then: - CONTROL: Image.open(st

Properties

Severity
high
Summary
Pillow: Decompression bomb check bypass in SpiderImagePlugin.seek() leads to unbounded allocation DoS
Nvd fetched at
2026-10-22T22:14:18.200859+00:00
Epss score
0.00333
Cvss severity
HIGH
Cvss score
7.1
Retrieved at
2026-10-22T22:17:36+00:00
Ghsa published
2026-10-22T15:57:17Z
Source url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g842-9rc4-69pw
Ghsa updated
2026-10-22T15:57:18Z
Ghsa id
GHSA-g842-9rc4-69pw
Last source
FIRST EPSS
Score
7.1
Cvss version
4.0
Cve id
CVE-2026-96637
Cvss vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
First seen by Signal
2026-10-21T22:34:38+00:00
Is ghsa only
false
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
Published at
2026-10-21T21:20:31.927

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