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Why PkgRadar flagged 12.2.0

Severity	Signal	Evidence
medium	Py Install Time Subprocess	subprocess call — process spawning. · pillow-12.2.0/setup.py
high	Py Runtime Base64 Decode	base64/hex decode combined with exec/subprocess — classic obfuscated payload pattern. · pillow-12.2.0/src/PIL/ImageGrab.py
medium	Py Custom Build Backend	Non-standard PEP 517 build-backend `backend` — runs custom code at install time. · pyproject.toml
medium	Remote Payload	matched "wget " · pillow-12.2.0/depends/download-and-extract.sh
medium	Remote Payload	matched "raw.githubusercontent.com" · pillow-12.2.0/depends/install_imagequant.sh
medium	Remote Payload	matched "raw.githubusercontent.com" · pillow-12.2.0/depends/install_openjpeg.sh
medium	Remote Payload	matched "raw.githubusercontent.com" · pillow-12.2.0/depends/install_raqm.sh
medium	Remote Payload	matched "raw.githubusercontent.com" · pillow-12.2.0/depends/install_raqm_cmake.sh

Scanned versions

Version	Verdict	Score	Scanned (UTC)
`12.2.0`	Review	46	2026-06-01

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