CVE-2019-6446

high-risk
Published 2019-01-16

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.

Do I need to act?

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71.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 29% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Numpy

Affected Vendors

58
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low