Upstream information
Description
An undocumented and unsafe feature in the PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) library 3.11 allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the `picklefile` parameter in the `yacc()` function. This parameter accepts a `.pkl` file that is deserialized with `pickle.load()` without validation. Because `pickle` allows execution of embedded code via `__reduce__()`, an attacker can achieve code execution by passing a malicious pickle file. The parameter is not mentioned in official documentation or the GitHub repository, yet it is active in the PyPI version. This introduces a stealthy backdoor and persistence risk.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (CISA-ADP) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.8 | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | None | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | SUSE |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Passive |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | High |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | python-ply | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | python-ply | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP5 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | python-ply | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6-LTSS | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | python-ply | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | python-ply | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | python-ply | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | python-ply | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 | python-ply | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 | python-ply | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 | python-ply | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | python-ply | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jan 20 22:02:53 2026CVE page last modified: Thu Jan 22 20:40:31 2026