Vulnerability · Published Jan 26, 2024 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2024-0937van_der_Schaar LAB synthcity PKL File load_from_file deserialization

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity unsafe deserialization in synthcity from van_der_Schaar LAB. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in van_der_Schaar LAB synthcity 0.2.9. Affected by this issue is the function load_from_file of the component PKL File Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-252182 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early and confirmed immediately the existence of the issue. A patch is planned to be released in February 2024.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
PyPI	synthcity	no fix listed	GHSA-4957-7vhp-7v59
PyPI	synthcity	no fix listed	PYSEC-2026-547

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
van_der_Schaar LAB	synthcity	0.2.9

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.252182 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.252182 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/bayuncao/vul-cve-6 broken-link
https://github.com/bayuncao/vul-cve-6/blob/main/poc.py broken-link, exploit