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
EPSS: 0.009 (55.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Vantage6 — versions < 4.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
- security-advisories@github.com (Technical Description, Permissions Required, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.