FKIE_CVE-2025-69872

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-11 19:15 - Updated: 2026-02-12 16:16
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
DiskCache (python-diskcache) through 5.6.3 uses Python pickle for serialization by default. An attacker with write access to the cache directory can achieve arbitrary code execution when a victim application reads from the cache.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/EthanKim88/ethan-cve-disclosures/blob/main/CVE-2025-69872-DiskCache-Pickle-Deserialization.md
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/grantjenks/python-diskcache
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