CVE-2022-24303 Path traversal in Pillow

Critical 9.1 Published Updated

Attackers can delete arbitrary files by exploiting mishandled spaces in temporary pathnames within the Pillow image processing library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-24303?

CVE-2022-24303 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 28 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Pillow before 9.0.1 allows attackers to delete files because spaces in temporary pathnames are mishandled.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24303?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including pillow and Pillow. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
pillow BitnamiAll versions9.0.1
pillow PyPIAll versions9.0.1
pillow PyPIAll versions9.0.1
Pillow PyPIAll versions9.0.1

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Python Pillow.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24303?

Upgrade pillow to 9.0.1 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-24303 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24303 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-24303, BIT-pillow-2022-24303, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24303, GHSA-9j59-75qj-795w, OESA-2022-1540, OESA-2022-2086 and 3 more.

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