# CVE-2019-12760: A deserialization vulnerability exists in the way parso through 0.4.0 handles grammar parsing from the cache.

- Also known as: GHSA-22MF-97VH-X8RW, PYSEC-2019-109
- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.0
- Published: 2019-06-06 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- parso (PyPI): fixed in 0.5.0

## Description

A deserialization vulnerability exists in the way parso through 0.4.0 handles grammar parsing from the cache. Cache loading relies on pickle and, provided that an evil pickle can be written to a cache grammar file and that its parsing can be triggered, this flaw leads to Arbitrary Code Execution. NOTE: This is disputed because "the cache directory is not under control of the attacker in any common configuration.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, parso, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://gist.github.com/dhondta/f71ae7e5c4234f8edfd2f12503a5dcc7
- https://github.com/davidhalter/parso/issues/75

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