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CVE-2020-13092

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13092 describes a critical deserialization vulnerability in scikit-learn (sklearn) versions up to 0.23.0, allowing arbitrary command execution when an untrusted file containing a malicious __reduce__ method is passed to joblib.load(). This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vendor disputes this as a vulnerability, citing joblib.load()'s documented insecurity, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100 and significant community discussion (10 mentions) indicate its potential for misuse. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.23.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scikit-learn:scikit-learn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-jjw5-xxj6-pcv5critical

scikit-learn Deserialization of Untrusted Data

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / 0FuzzingQ/vuln/blob/master/sklearn%20unserialize.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
scikit-learn.org / stable/modules/model_persistence.html
Third Party Advisory