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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Python-Pillow Critical Decompression Bomb CVE-2026-40192

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for python-Pillow on openSUSE addresses decompression bomb vulnerabilities.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for python-Pillow fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-40192: Versions 10.3.0 through 12.1.1 did not limit the amount of GZIP-compressed data read when decoding a

FITS image, making them vulnerable to decompression bomb attacks (bsc#1262184).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-629=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory important OpenSUSE python-pillow decompression bomb cve-2026-40192

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

python313-Pillow-11.3.0-160000.4.1

python313-Pillow-tk-11.3.0-160000.4.1

References

* bsc#1262184

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40192.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20617-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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