CVE-2026-55379: Pillow BdfFontFile`: `Image.new()` called without `_decompression_bomb_check()` — bomb protection bypass via font loading
python-pillow · Pillow
Affected: python-pillow Pillow · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 44% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, PIL/BdfFontFile.py bdf_char() read the BBX width and height field from a BDF font file and passed attacker-controlled dimensions to Image.new() without calling Image._decompression_bomb_check(), bypassing Pillow's documented decompression bomb protection and allowing excessive memory allocation. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- python-pillow · Pillow< 12.3.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- python-pillow
- Published
- July 2026
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