psd-tools composite/numpy has uncontrolled memory allocation via crafted PSD geometry
Summary
PSDImage.composite() (and .numpy()) allocate the output image buffer from the PSD's header geometry (width × height × channels × depth, and per-layer rectangles) before validating those values against the actual file contents. A tiny crafted PSD declaring huge dimensions causes a multi-gigabyte allocation. Critically, composite() then returns a (black) image with only a warning, no exception is raised, so a caller cannot detect or guard against it.
Impact
On psd-tools 1.17.2 (latest), default usage, a 49-byte PSD makes composite() commit ~3 GB and return successfully (warning only); .numpy() reaches ~7.5 GB, and the per-layer rectangle is a second lever (up to ~32 GB), all from an input under 100 bytes (input-to-commit amplification over 1000×). Because the buffer is committed before validation and no exception is thrown, any service that composites untrusted PSDs is exposed to denial of service: on a host with less RAM than the attacker-declared geometry the allocation is an unrecoverable OOM-kill.
Steps to reproduce
# pip install psd-tools==1.17.2
from psd_tools import PSDImage
psd = PSDImage.open("psd-psdtools-grammar-d23.psd")
psd.composite() # commits ~3 GB from a 49-byte file and returns (warning only)PoC (49 bytes), reconstruct with:
base64 -d > psd-psdtools-grammar-d23.psd <<'EOF'
OEJQUwABAAAAAAAAAAYAACg4AAAXTAAIAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUNIUIFU+yQtDw==
EOFVerify:
7d8ebf03a54393cb0359ecf4b676d1b08c9a8c6afdd06671ef406d6893cce826 psd-psdtools-grammar-d23.psdRoot cause
The composite/numpy buffer is sized from the declared image (and per-layer) dimensions and channel/depth without checking them against the available data length or a sane maximum.
Suggested fix
Validate the declared dimensions, channel count, and per-layer rectangles against the actual file length (and a configurable maximum pixel/byte budget) before allocating; raise an error on overflow instead of committing the buffer and returning a black image.
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | psd-tools | < 1.17.4 | 1.17.4 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/security/advisories/GHSA-8q6g-vjhf-jp8m
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/commit/a3d9a53ad51e667b5772a4f636ca6f2e16f4b271
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/releases/tag/v1.17.4
- https://pypi.org/project/psd-tools
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8q6g-vjhf-jp8m
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59991
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-789- Plataforma
- Python (PyPI)
- Paquete
psd-tools- Publicada
- 22.09.2026
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 15:18
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-4139 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8q6g-vjhf-jp8m - CC BY 4.0
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