Deserialization in Vantage6
CVE-2023-23930
vantage6 is privacy preserving federated learning infrastructure. Versions prior to 4.0.0 use pickle, which has known security issue, as a default serialization module but that has known security issues. All users of vantage6 that post tasks with the default serialization are affected. Version 4.0.0 contains a patch. Users may specify JSON serialization as a workaround.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Vantage6 — versions < 4.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/vantage6/vantage6/security/advisories/GHSA-5m22-cfq9-86x6 (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/vantage6/vantage6/commit/e62f03bacf2247bd59eed217e2e7338c3a01a5f0 (Patch)
- github.com/vantage6/vantage6/blob/0682c4288f43fee5bcc72dc448cdd99bd7e57f76/docs… (Release Notes)
- medium.com/ochrona/python-pickle-is-notoriously-insecure-d6651f1974c9 (Technical Description, Permissions Required, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-23930?
- CVE-2023-23930 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vantage6, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-11.
- How severe is CVE-2023-23930?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.