# CVE-2026-53503: Thumbor convolution filter allows divide-by-zero in C extension leading to remote DoS

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3619, GHSA-CQJP-JF4R-H5Q9
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.8.0
- Published: 2026-07-31 · Updated: 2026-07-31

## Affected

- thumbor: fixed in 7.8.0
- thumbor (PyPI): fixed in 7.8.0

## Description

Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, Thumbor's filters:convolution(<matrix>, <columns>, <should_normalize>) filter passes the user-controlled <columns> value to a C extension (thumbor/ext/filters/_convolution.c) where it is used as a divisor (for % and /) without validating columns > 0. When columns=0, the C code triggers undefined behavior; on x86_64 this reliably results in a fatal divide-by-zero trap (SIGFPE) and crashes the Thumbor process, causing a remote denial of service. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thumbor, upgrade to a fixed version (7.8.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/security/advisories/GHSA-cqjp-jf4r-h5q9
- https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/commit/447e192e3fb92e64c12e5354a56a4a7133f69d73
- https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/releases/tag/7.8.0

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