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APScheduler CVE-2026-31072

| EUVDEUVD-2026-30947 CRITICAL
Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
2026-05-19 mitre GHSA-9cfw-f3f9-7mm7
9.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: mitre
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Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
CRITICAL
qualitative
Red Hat
8.8 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
May 20, 2026 - 17:28 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 20, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
9.8 (CRITICAL)
CVE Published
May 19, 2026 - 00:00 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The JSONSerializer and CBORSerializer in APScheduler (all versions including 3.10.x and 4.0.0a5) are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via Insecure Deserialization. The unmarshal_object function allows for arbitrary class instantiation and state injection by dynamically importing modules and calling __setstate__ on any class available in the Python environment. An attacker can exploit this by submitting a specially crafted JSON or CBOR payload to an application using these serializers

AnalysisAI

Remote code execution in APScheduler (all versions through 3.10.x and 4.0.0a5) is achievable when applications deserialize attacker-controlled data via the bundled JSONSerializer or CBORSerializer. The unmarshal_object routine dynamically imports modules and invokes __setstate__ on arbitrary classes, letting an attacker pivot an untrusted payload into code execution; publicly available exploit code exists, though EPSS remains low at 0.06% (19th percentile).

Technical ContextAI

APScheduler is a widely embedded Python library for scheduling deferred and recurring jobs, often used inside web backends, data pipelines, and microservices. Its JSONSerializer and CBORSerializer reconstruct Python objects by reading a class path from the payload, importing that module at runtime, instantiating the class, and feeding attacker-controlled state into __setstate__. This is a textbook CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) flaw: although JSON and CBOR are themselves data-only formats, the surrounding unmarshal_object logic treats them as a serialization protocol that can resurrect arbitrary Python types, effectively reproducing the risk profile of pickle while masquerading as a 'safe' format.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - neither the references nor EUVD enumerate a fixed version, so monitor https://github.com/agronholm/apscheduler for an upstream release and pin to it once published. As compensating controls, stop using JSONSerializer and CBORSerializer for any data store or transport that can receive untrusted input: switch to a serializer wrapped around a strict allowlist of permitted class paths, or move the job store to a backend the attacker cannot write to (for example a database protected by application-layer auth rather than a shared message bus). If you must keep the current serializers, place an authenticated, integrity-checked transport (mTLS or HMAC-signed payloads) in front of any endpoint that ultimately calls unmarshal_object - note this only shifts trust to the signing key and does not fix the underlying class-instantiation primitive. Audit application code for any path that feeds external HTTP, queue, or RPC bodies into APScheduler deserialization and gate it behind input validation until a patched release ships.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Fixed

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