# CVE-2026-53504: Thumbor has Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) in \`convolution\` filter

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3616, GHSA-5VJC-7CXW-4W6J
- 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, the convolution filter regular expression performs exponential backtracking on crafted repeated numeric input, allowing a URL request to exhaust processing time. 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-5vjc-7cxw-4w6j
- https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/commit/3f38fe1610d20168e91f76d432212de30727eb2e
- https://github.com/thumbor/thumbor/releases/tag/7.8.0

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