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Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2025-69872

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity code injection in the diskcache package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12diskcacheno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872
Debian:13diskcacheno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872
Debian:14diskcacheno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-69872
PyPIdiskcacheno fix listedGHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v
PyPIdiskcacheno fix listedPYSEC-2026-2447
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSdiskcacheno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSdiskcacheno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872
Ubuntu:25.10diskcacheno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSdiskcacheno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872
Ubuntu:26.10diskcacheno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69872

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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