{"cve":"CVE-2025-69872","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-11T19:15:50.360","modified":"2026-07-15T02:17:52.330","status":"Deferred","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-94","CWE-502"],"references":["https://github.com/EthanKim88/ethan-cve-disclosures/blob/main/CVE-2025-69872-DiskCache-Pickle-Deserialization.md","https://github.com/grantjenks/python-diskcache","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36350","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3713","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69872"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-69872","score":0.00608,"percentile":0.49137,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v","summary":"DiskCache has unsafe pickle deserialization","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:36.025928060Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"diskcache","purl":"pkg:pypi/diskcache","ranges":["<=5.6.3"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-2447","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-2447","summary":"DiskCache has unsafe pickle deserialization","modified":"2026-07-13T16:31:44.266546785Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"diskcache","purl":"pkg:pypi/diskcache","ranges":["<=5.6.3"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}