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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-53504 EUVD-2026-51610GHSA-5vjc-7cxw-4w6jPYSEC-2026-3616

Thumbor has Regex Denial of Service (ReDoS) in `convolution` filter

Published Jul 31, 2026 · Updated Jul 31, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Thumbor is an open-source photo thumbnail service by globo.com. Prior to 7.8.0, the convolution filter regular expression performs exponential backtracking on crafted repeated numeric input, allowing a URL request to exhaust processing time. This issue is fixed in 7.8.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thumbor thumbor < 7.8.0 —

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 thumbor 7.8.0-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS thumbor No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI thumbor < 7.8.0 7.8.0 GHSA-5vjc-7cxw-4w6j

References