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 ```python # 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: ```sh base64 -d > psd-psdtools-grammar-d23.psd <<'EOF' OEJQUwABAAAAAAAAAAYAACg4AAAXTAAIAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUNIUIFU+yQtDw== EOF ``` Verify: ``` 7d8ebf03a54393cb0359ecf4b676d1b08c9a8c6afdd06671ef406d6893cce826 psd-psdtools-grammar-d23.psd ``` ### Root 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.
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| ID | Schweregrad | ausnutzbar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-59991US | — | — | ||
psd-tools is a Python package for working with Adobe Photoshop PSD files. Prior to 1.17.4, PSDImage.composite() and PSDImage.numpy() allocated output buffers from attacker-controll… | ||||
Referenzen
Externe Belege — Patches, Meldungen, Analysen.
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8q6g-vjhf-jp8mADVISORY
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-toolsPACKAGE
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/commit/a3d9a53ad51e667b5772a4f636ca6f2e16f4b271WEB
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/releases/tag/v1.17.4WEB
- https://github.com/psd-tools/psd-tools/security/advisories/GHSA-8q6g-vjhf-jp8mWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59991ADVISORY
- https://pypi.org/project/psd-toolsPACKAGE
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