CVE-2025-69872 (GCVE-0-2025-69872)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-11 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-02 12:05
VLAI
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
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