CVE-2026-114608
Pylint: Arbitrary code execution via pickle deserialization of the stats cache in PYLINT_HOME
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.4 Medium
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 21, 2026
Description
Pylint is a static code analyser for Python. From 0.15.2 until 4.0.9, Pylint stores module statistics in predictable files under PYLINT_HOME and loads those files with pickle.load on a later run. An attacker who can write to a shared, group-writable, or otherwise untrusted cache directory can replace a stats cache with crafted serialized data, causing arbitrary code to execute with the privileges of the user who next runs Pylint. The default per-user cache is not normally writable by another user. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.9.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.4 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
pylintpylint-dev |
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References
- https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/security/advisories/GHSA-22qq-2fwx-7p67
- https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/commit/58c87cffca9de2b3e89aa07b89686cbc90cfea2d
- https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/commit/5b241f66318220e9ba7b21ca631fbfe8e77682ca
- https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/releases/tag/v4.0.9
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