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            "extracted_events": [
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                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "0"
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                    "fixed": "13.0.0"
                  }
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                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
              },
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                    "fixed": "19b695fdcc5eddc37374e2b1645fc4185edaf71d"
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                "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                "original_tag": "13.0.0",
                "range": [
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                "source": "REFERENCES_TAG"
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "19b695fdcc5eddc37374e2b1645fc4185edaf71d"
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          "repo": "https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-3j72-p6qg-6xp7"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96642.json"
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  "details": "Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 13.0.0, the TarIO initializer in src/PIL/TarIO.py accepts a negative octal member size and computes a backward seek that returns to the same 512-byte header. When the requested member name does not match, the parser repeatedly reads that header, consumes a full CPU core, and never returns. TarIO is reached only when an application directly uses PIL.TarIO.TarIO rather than the default Image.open() path. This issue is fixed in version 13.0.0.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-96642",
  "modified": "2026-10-23T02:30:46.258840563Z",
  "published": "2026-10-21T20:49:56.989Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96642.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/19b695fdcc5eddc37374e2b1645fc4185edaf71d"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10012"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/13.0.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/security/advisories/GHSA-3j72-p6qg-6xp7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96642"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Pillow: TarIO negative size field causes infinite CPU-spin loop"
}