pydicom

Use pydicom for DICOM dataset I/O and pixel processing. Version 3.0.2 is the current stable release reviewed here. It fixes CVE-2026-32711, a crafted DICOMDIR path-traversal issue. pydicom 3.0.2 declares Python >=3.10; its bundled DICOM dictionary is 2024c, while the live DICOM Standard may be newer.

Mandatory safety boundary