USN-8047-1: Pillow vulnerability
Publication date
17 February 2026
Overview
Pillow could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- pillow - Python Imaging Library
Details
Yarden Porat discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed
PSD images. An attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Yarden Porat discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed
PSD images. An attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.10 questing | python3-pil – 11.3.0-1ubuntu1.1 | ||
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