RHSA-2022:0609 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-pillow security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · February 23, 2022
Updated · November 1, 2026
Topic
An update for python-pillow is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The python-pillow packages contain a Python image processing library that provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and powerful image-processing capabilities.
Security Fix(es):
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python-pillow: PIL.ImageMath.eval allows evaluation of arbitrary expressions (CVE-2022-22817)
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python-pillow: buffer over-read during initialization of ImagePath.Path in path_getbbox() in path.c (CVE-2022-22816)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.