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.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://github.com/grantjenks/python-diskcache ↗
- https://github.com/EthanKim88/ethan-cve-disclosures/blob/main/CVE-2025-69872-DiskCache-Pickle-Deserialization.md ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69872 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439059 ↗
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-69872.json ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3713 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36350 ↗