pypi package report

Is diskcache safe?

1 known vulnerability, worst severity MODERATE.

// reach

0 direct dependencies

none carry a known advisory

59 packages depend on it

an advisory here reaches each of them

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// ai model usage

No published models are known to use this package.

cvss

9.8

critical

CVSS v3.1 base score out of 10; GitHub rates it MODERATE

epss

0.61%

medium

chance of exploitation in 30 days, 49th percentile of all CVEs

xyz score

not scored

CyberXYZ composite out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v, the advisory selected below

// 1 advisories

GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v

MODERATEGitHub ratingCVE-2025-69872

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.

// cvss v3.1 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Checked 2026-11-06 at 21:51 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2026-02-11. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.