Critical Flaw in Python’s Popular Pillow Image Library Allows Code Execution via a Crafted Image
Pillow, the most widely used image library for Python, can be made to run operating system commands on a server by specifying the name of a file it is told to open. The flaw, CVE-2026-112900, is in the way Pillow handles EPS images, which it opens by passing the file's name to Ghostscript, a separate program it runs to turn the image into pixels, without checking the name first.
| CVE | CVE-2026-112900 |
|---|---|
| Source | The Hacker News |
| Fetched | 10/23/2026, 07:22 PM |
| Data | Markdown JSON |
On 10/23/2026, 06:36 PM, The Hacker News published "Critical Flaw in Python’s Popular Pillow Image Library Allows Code Execution via a Crafted Image" (type: Security news). Severity is "Critical" (critical). Related technologies: Python. CVE: CVE-2026-112900.