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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS01bTIyLWNmcTktODZ4Ns4AA2cN
Pickle serialization vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data
What
We are using pickle as default serialization module but that has known security issues (see e.g. https://medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9).
In summary, it is not advisable to open Pickles that you create yourself locally. In vantage6, algorithms use pickles to send aggregated data around and to pack algorithm input or output. All of the Python algorithms that use the wrappers with default serialization are therefore vulnerable to this issue.
Solution: we should use JSON instead
Impact
All users of vantage6 that post tasks with algorithms that use the default serialization. The default serialization is used by default with all algorithm wrappers.
Patches
Not yet
Workarounds
Specify JSON serialization
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS01bTIyLWNmcTktODZ4Ns4AA2cN
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 7 months ago
Updated: 6 months ago
CVSS Score: 7.2
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Identifiers: GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6, CVE-2023-23930
References:
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23930
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0
- https://github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs/release_notes.rst#400
- https://medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vantage6/PYSEC-2023-196.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6
Blast Radius: 6.9
Affected Packages
pypi:vantage6
Dependent packages: 2Dependent repositories: 9
Downloads: 1,820 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 4.0.2
Fixed in: 4.0.2
All affected versions: 0.0.0, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.10, 2.2.11, 2.2.12, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6, 3.3.7, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.7.0, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, 3.8.0, 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 3.8.3, 3.8.4, 3.8.5, 3.8.6, 3.8.7, 3.8.8, 3.9.0, 3.10.0, 3.10.1, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.11.0, 3.11.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1
All unaffected versions: 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.4