GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v

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    GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v

    Published: 11 Feb 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: DiskCache has unsafe pickle deserialization

    Details: 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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69872, https://github.com/EthanKim88/ethan-cve-disclosures/blob/main/CVE-2025-69872-DiskCache-Pickle-Deserialization.md, https://github.com/grantjenks/python-diskcache

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: diskcache

    Purl: pkg:pypi/diskcache

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.0
    0.1.2
    0.1.3
    0.1.4
    0.1.5
    0.1.6
    0.1.7
    0.1.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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