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py3-pillow — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2022-22817

PIL.ImageMath.eval in Pillow before 9.0.0 allows evaluation of arbitrary expressions, such as ones that use the Python exec method. A lambda expression could also be used.

Products
py3-pillow
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
8.4.0-r3
CVEs
CVE-2022-22817
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2022-22817

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jan 2022, 14:12 UTC

PIL.ImageMath.eval in Pillow before 9.0.0 allows evaluation of arbitrary expressions, such as ones that use the Python exec method. A lambda expression could also be used.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-22817

py3-pillow

Fixed versions: 8.4.0-r3

Complete source record
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