Critical

PyArrow: Arbitrary code execution when loading a malicious data file

  • Disclosed: 09.11.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 15:17

Deserialization of untrusted data in IPC and Parquet readers in PyArrow versions 0.14.0 to 14.0.0 allows arbitrary code execution. An application is vulnerable if it reads Arrow IPC, Feather or Parquet data from untrusted sources (for example user-supplied input files).

This vulnerability only affects PyArrow, not other Apache Arrow implementations or bindings.

It is recommended that users of PyArrow upgrade to 14.0.1. Similarly, it is recommended that downstream libraries upgrade their dependency requirements to PyArrow 14.0.1 or later. PyPI packages are already available, and we hope that conda-forge packages will be available soon.

If it is not possible to upgrade, maintainers provide a separate package pyarrow-hotfix that disables the vulnerability on older PyArrow versions. See https://pypi.org/project/pyarrow-hotfix/ for instructions.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) pyarrow >= 0.14.0, < 14.0.1 14.0.1

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
pyarrow
Disclosed
09.11.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 15:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2023-238 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5wvp-7f3h-6wmm - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: pyarrow

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
11.2019 02.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 3
  • Unrated 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 2
  2. 2020: 0
  3. 2021: 0
  4. 2022: 0
  5. 2023: 1
  6. 2024: 1
  7. 2025: 0
  8. 2026: 1
  1. High · 7.0 CVE-2026-25087 >= 15.0.0, < 23.0.1 23.0.1
  2. PyArrow: Arbitrary code execution when loading a malicious data file this entry
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-47248 >= 0.14.0, < 14.0.1 14.0.1
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2019-12410 >= 0.12.0, < 0.15.1 0.15.1

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