Security incident · CVE-2025-69872
DiskCache (python-diskcache) through 5.6.3 uses Python pickle for serialization by default.
Published Feb 11, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 15, 2026 · DiskCache (python-diskcache) through 5.6.3
Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-69872. EPSS is 0.61%. Act only if a listed version of DiskCache (python-diskcache) through 5.6.3 is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (DiskCache (python-diskcache) through 5.6.3).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- Critical9.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.61%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor n/a n/a n/a
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.
Are you affected?
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How to fix CVE-2025-69872
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-69872. EPSS is 0.61%. Act only if a listed version of DiskCache (python-diskcache) through 5.6.3 is installed.
Which versions are affected?
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What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.61%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Feb 11, 2026 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Jul 15, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-69872
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-69872
30-day exploitation probability 0.61%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-207391
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.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
- CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
- EUVDNov 2, 2026