DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69872
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872
Upstream
Published
2026-02-11T19:15:50.360Z
Modified
2026-02-13T11:01:21.734425Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / diskcache

Package

Name
diskcache
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/diskcache?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.2.1-2
5.4.0-1
5.4.0-2
5.4.0-3
5.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872.json"

Debian:12 / diskcache

Package

Name
diskcache
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/diskcache?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.4.0-1
5.4.0-2
5.4.0-3
5.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872.json"

Debian:13 / diskcache

Package

Name
diskcache
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/diskcache?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872.json"

Debian:14 / diskcache

Package

Name
diskcache
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/diskcache?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872.json"