# CVE-2018-14572: In conference-scheduler-cli, a pickle.load call on imported data allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pickle fil

- Also known as: PYSEC-2018-64, GHSA-CF3C-FFFP-34QH
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-28 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- conference-scheduler-cli (PyPI): all versions
- conference-scheduler-cli (PyPI): through 0.10.1

## Description

In conference-scheduler-cli, a pickle.load call on imported data allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pickle file, as demonstrated by Python code that contains an os.system call.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/PyconUK/ConferenceScheduler-cli/issues/19
- https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2020/04/25/cve-2018-14572-conference-scheduler-cli/

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