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Medium · 6.8 CVE-2026-27809 EUVD-2026-8781GHSA-24p2-j2jr-386wPYSEC-2026-2262

psd-tools: Compression module has unguarded zlib decompression, missing dimension validation, and hardening gaps

Published Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

psd-tools is a Python package for working with Adobe Photoshop PSD files. Prior to version 1.12.2, when a PSD file contains malformed RLE-compressed image data (e.g. a literal run that extends past the expected row size), decode_rle() raises ValueError which propagated all the way to the user, crashing psd.composite() and psd-tools export. decompress() already had a fallback that replaces failed channels with black pixels when result is None, but it never triggered because the ValueError from decode_rle() was not caught. The fix in version 1.12.2 wraps the decode_rle() call in a try/except so the existing fallback handles the error gracefully.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
psd-tools psd-tools < 1.12.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 psd-tools 1.14.2+dfsg.1-1 —
Debian 13 psd-tools 1.10.7+dfsg.1-1+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 psd-tools No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 psd-tools No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS psd-tools No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 psd-tools No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS psd-tools No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI psd-tools < 1.12.2 1.12.2 GHSA-24p2-j2jr-386w

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