CVE-2019-6446

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in NumPy 1.16.0 and earlier. 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

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 57.54% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122208 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106670 third party advisory vdb entry
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12759 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00091.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00092.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00015.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3704 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-6446?
CVE-2019-6446 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-6446?
To fix CVE-2019-6446, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-6446 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-6446 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~58% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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