Critical (9.8). EPSS 18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in numpy 1.16.1, 1.16.3.
An issue was discovered in NumPy before 1.16.3. It uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object, as demonstrated by a numpy.load call. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it is a behavior that might have legitimate applications in (for example) loading serialized Python object arrays from trusted and authenticated sources.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
9.8 critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)