Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 3, 2026 00:13:42 UTC

CVE-2026-120833

labbench before 0.46.1 contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in read() and read_relational() that passes any file with a .p or .pickle extension to pandas.read_pickle based on the extension alone. Attackers who supply a crafted data file or relational data archive can execute arbitrary code when a user loads it with these functions.

Base score8.5/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorLocalAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Attack requirementsNoneAT

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionPassiveUI

Vulnerable system confidentialityHighVC

Vulnerable system integrityHighVI

Vulnerable system availabilityHighVA

Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC

Subsequent system integrityNoneSI

Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Record context

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Last updatedNov 3, 2026 00:13:42 UTC

PublishedNov 3, 2026 00:13:42 UTC

ReservedNov 3, 2026 00:06:11 UTC

Credits

Dilanka Kaushal Hewage (r3vpwnx)