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Posted on 19 April 2026
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6219-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
April 19, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : pillow
CVE ID : CVE-2026-40192
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the FITS support of
Pillow, a Python imaging library, could result in denial of service.
The oldstable distribution (bookworm) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 11.1.0-5+deb13u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your pillow packages.
For the detailed security status of pillow please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pillow
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
