# CVE-2026-59991: psd-tools: Uncontrolled memory allocation in psd-tools composite/numpy via crafted PSD geometry

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4139, GHSA-8Q6G-VJHF-JP8M
- 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: 1.17.4
- Published: 2026-09-22 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- psd-tools: fixed in 1.17.4
- psd-tools (PyPI): fixed in 1.17.4

## Description

psd-tools is a Python package for working with Adobe Photoshop PSD files. Prior to 1.17.4, PSDImage.composite() and PSDImage.numpy() allocated output buffers from attacker-controlled PSD header geometry, including width, height, channels, depth, and per-layer rectangles, before validating those values against the available file data. A tiny crafted PSD could therefore cause multi-gigabyte memory allocation, and PSDImage.composite() could return a black image with only a warning instead of raising an exception. Services that composite untrusted PSD files could be terminated by out-of-memory handling. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on psd-tools, upgrade to a fixed version (1.17.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/security/advisories/GHSA-8q6g-vjhf-jp8m
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/commit/a3d9a53ad51e667b5772a4f636ca6f2e16f4b271
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/releases/tag/v1.17.4

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