diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/jpegoptim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/jpegoptim/default.nix
index ff00d565f47d..c7dbb39ae5b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/jpegoptim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/jpegoptim/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libjpeg }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, libjpeg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.5.2";
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-PROQvOqsis8we58OOZ/kuY+L/CoV7XfnY9wvrpsTJu8=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "CVE-2023-27781.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim/commit/29a073ad297a0954f5e865264e24755d0ffe53ed.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-YUjVg0cvElhzMG3b4t5bqcqnHAuzDoNvSqe0yvlgX4E=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # There are no checks, it seems.
   doCheck = false;