9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-6446
NumPy Pickle Remote Code Execution Vuln
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

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 16, 2019, 5:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 4, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-6446 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-6446 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Numpy numpy
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-6446.

URL Resource
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 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12759 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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duckstroms/Web-CTF-Cheatsheet

Web CTF CheatSheet 🐈

ctf cheatsheet capture-the-flag

PHP Classic ASP ASP.NET Python Ruby Batchfile PowerShell VBScript

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
21 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2021, 6:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 23 different CVEs too.
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developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
33 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.
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hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.
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AISecMatrix/AISecMatrix

AISecMatrix Project

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
9 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 24, 2020, 3:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 month ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.
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AbdullahAlSolaiman/RockPaperScissors

A Rock Paper Scissors game made with python

Python

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 21, 2020, 5:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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RayScri/CVE-2019-6446

Numpy deserialization command execution

Python

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
3 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : May 15, 2019, 1:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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w181496/Web-CTF-Cheatsheet

Web CTF CheatSheet 🐈

cheatsheet ctf

Ruby PHP Batchfile PowerShell Python VBScript Classic ASP ASP.NET

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
2596 stars 475 fork 475 watcher
Born at : Dec. 14, 2017, 3:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-6446 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-6446 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag MITRE disputed
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** DISPUTED ** 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. 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
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3704 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00091.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00092.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7ZZAYIQNUUYXGMKHSPEEXS4TRYFOUYE4/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106670 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106670 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. ** DISPUTED ** 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.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106670 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12759 No Types Assigned https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12759 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122208 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122208 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-502
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:numpy:numpy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.16.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122208 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-6446 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-6446 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.43 }} 0.21%

score

0.91531

percentile

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