CVE-2025-69872

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.

Published: 2026-02-11 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-69872 is rated Moderate Risk (43.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-69872

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-21 0.08% 0.04% -0.04%
2 2026-02-13 0.02% 0.08% +0.06%
3 2026-02-12 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-69872

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-69872

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-69872

GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — DiskCache has unsafe pickle deserialization

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-69872

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-69872 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (diskcache), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69872
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69872
suse high CVE-2025-69872 severity important: SUSE including 2 source package names (python-diskcache, python313-diskcache), 4 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0): Will Not Fix 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69872/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-69872 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (diskcache), 4 status rows across 4 suites (jammy, noble, questing, upstream): needs-triage 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69872

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-69872

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-69872

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