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Fedora 43 python-diskcache Important Security Fix CVE-2025-69872

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch available for python-diskcache on Fedora 43 to fix CVE-2025-69872, ensuring secure cache operations and patch implementation.
Incorporate patch from Sam Doran to fix CVE-2025-69872

Summary

DiskCache is an Apache2 licensed disk and file backed cache library,

written in pure-Python, and compatible with Django.

Update Information:

Incorporate patch from Sam Doran to fix CVE-2025-69872

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Change Log

* Sun Mar 15 2026 Benson Muite - 5.6.4-12 - Incorporate patch from Sam Doran to fix CVE-2025-69872 * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 5.6.3-11 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2439090 - CVE-2025-69872 python-diskcache: python-diskcache: Arbitrary code execution via insecure pickle deserialization [fedora-43] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439090

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-319d85836c' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: python-diskcache
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 5.6.3
Release: 12.fc43
URL: https://grantjenks.com/docs/diskcache/
Summary: Python disk-backed cache

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Topics Covered

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