CVE-2019-6446
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 17.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
EPSS 17.5% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
An issue was discovered in NumPy before 1.16.3. It uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object, as demonstrated by a numpy.load call. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it is a behavior that might have legitimate applications in (for example) loading serialized Python object arrays from trusted and authenticated sources.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 17.53% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-01-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| numpy | numpy |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00091.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106670
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3704
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122208
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/commit/89b688732b37616c9d26623f81aaee1703c30ffb
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12759
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/12889
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/13359
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00091.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106670
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3704
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122208
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12759
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