CVE-2026-120833
highlabbench before 0.46.1 contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in read() and read_relational() that passes any file with a .p or .pickle ext…
labbench before 0.46.1 contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in read() and read_relational() that passes any file with a .p or .pickle extension to pandas.read_pickle based on the extension alone. Attackers who supply a crafted data file or relational data archive can execute arbitrary code when a user loads it with these functions.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-11-03 01:16
Modified: 2026-11-03 16:30
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 16:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/usnistgov/labbench disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/usnistgov/labbench/blob/0.46.0/src/labbench/_data.py#L1664-L1666 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/usnistgov/labbench/blob/0.46.1/ChangeLog.md disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/usnistgov/labbench/commit/ac9b9b18cba67cb8e85eb563b6bb7dc1092b4c54 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/usnistgov/labbench/pull/32 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://pypi.org/project/labbench/0.46.1/ disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/labbench-before-0.46.1-deserialization-of-untrusted-d... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 16:50 UTC · record ↗

