GHSA-5wvp-7f3h-6wmm

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    GHSA-5wvp-7f3h-6wmm

    Published: 9 Nov 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: PyArrow: Arbitrary code execution when loading a malicious data file

    Details: Deserialization of untrusted data in IPC and Parquet readers in PyArrow versions 0.14.0 to 14.0.0 allows arbitrary code execution. An application is vulnerable if it reads Arrow IPC, Feather or Parquet data from untrusted sources (for example user-supplied input files). This vulnerability only affects PyArrow, not other Apache Arrow implementations or bindings. It is recommended that users of PyArrow upgrade to 14.0.1. Similarly, it is recommended that downstream libraries upgrade their dependency requirements to PyArrow 14.0.1 or later. PyPI packages are already available, and we hope that conda-forge packages will be available soon. If it is not possible to upgrade, maintainers provide a separate package `pyarrow-hotfix` that disables the vulnerability on older PyArrow versions. See https://pypi.org/project/pyarrow-hotfix/ for instructions.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47248, https://github.com/apache/arrow/commit/f14170976372436ec1d03a724d8d3f3925484ecf, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wvp-7f3h-6wmm, https://github.com/apache/arrow, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyarrow/PYSEC-2023-238.yaml, https://lists.apache.org/thread/yhy7tdfjf9hrl9vfrtzo8p2cyjq87v7n, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FR34AIPXVTMB3XPRU5ULV5HHWPMRE33X, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MAGWEAJDWO2ACYATUQCPXLSYY5C3L3XU, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MWFYXLVBTBHNKYRXI572RFX7IJDDQGBL, https://pypi.org/project/pyarrow-hotfix, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47248, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/08/7

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pyarrow

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pyarrow

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.14.0
    Fixed -14.0.1

    Affected versions

    0.14.0
    0.14.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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