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CVE-2025-69872

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-02-11 · updated 2026-07-15
• Weakness: CWE-94

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.

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
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439059
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-69872.json

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