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SCA: security update for diskcache (GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446808

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-69872)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8v5-vhqr-4h9v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446808

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.57

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69872

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-69872