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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-96643",
        "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-23T14:35:50.130Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-21T20:56:26.344Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T20:56:26.344Z"
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            "title": "Pillow: PNG eXIf chunk makes EXIF parsing run in quadratic time",
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                        {
                            "cweId": "CWE-407",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
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                {
                    "cvssV4_0": {
                        "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                        "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                        "attackRequirements": "NONE",
                        "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                        "userInteraction": "PASSIVE",
                        "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                        "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
                        "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                        "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
                        "baseScore": 7.1,
                        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
                        "version": "4.0"
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                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769h",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10073",
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                        "x_refsource_MISC"
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                    "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10073"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/806e38381c781f32bbd22f4cd026678acd40fd6c",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/806e38381c781f32bbd22f4cd026678acd40fd6c"
                },
                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0",
                    "tags": [
                        "x_refsource_MISC"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0"
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "python-pillow",
                    "product": "Pillow",
                    "versions": [
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                            "version": ">= 11.0.0, < 13.0.0",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
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            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Pillow is a Python imaging library. From 11.0.0 until 13.0.0, Exif.load() in src/PIL/Image.py repeatedly slices the remaining EXIF data while it begins with the six-byte Exif header. src/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py accepts an uncapped PNG eXIf chunk, so a file filled with repeated headers causes a new shrinking copy on every iteration and quadratic CPU work. The condition is reachable through Image.getexif(), Image._getexif(), and ImageOps.exif_transpose(), including common photo-upload rotation workflows. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0."
                }
            ],
            "source": {
                "advisory": "GHSA-g4qv-2jxx-769h",
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
            }
        }
    }
}