# CVE-2026-42311: Pillow: OOB Write with Invalid PSD Tile Extents (Integer Overflow)

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2252, BIT-PILLOW-2026-42311, GHSA-PWV6-VV43-88GR
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.2.0
- Published: 2026-05-09 · Updated: 2026-05-12

## Affected

- python-pillow Pillow: from 10.3.0, fixed in 12.2.0
- pillow (PyPI): from 10.3.0, fixed in 12.2.0

## Description

Pillow is a Python imaging library. From version 10.3.0 to before version 12.2.0, processing a malicious PSD file could lead to memory corruption, potentially resulting in a crash or arbitrary code execution. This issue has been patched in version 12.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on python-pillow Pillow, pillow, upgrade to a fixed version (12.2.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-pwv6-vv43-88gr
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/9520
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/58f9a1d166dcb0c274807d4423522d205b0c35ea
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/12.2.0

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