UBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69872
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872
Upstream
Published
2026-02-11T19:15:00Z
Modified
2026-02-18T17:30:43Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / diskcache

Package

Name
diskcache
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/diskcache@5.4.0-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-diskcache",
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / diskcache

Package

Name
diskcache
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/diskcache@5.4.0-3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.4.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-diskcache",
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / diskcache

Package

Name
diskcache
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/diskcache@5.6.3-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.6.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-diskcache",
            "binary_version": "5.6.3-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872.json"