Is there a public exploit for CVE-2026-120859?

No public exploit for CVE-2026-120859 was found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei templates or public proof-of-concept repositories. That is an absence of evidence rather than proof that none exists.

How severe is CVE-2026-120859?

CVE-2026-120859 scores CVSS 8.5 (v4.0), rated high.

What does CVE-2026-120859 affect?

CVE-2026-120859 affects PyMoDAQ pymodaq_gui, pymodaq_data, pymodaq_utils, PyMoDAQ.

8.5 High

PyMoDAQ before 4.4.13, and pymodaqdata, pymodaqgui, and pymodaqutils before 5.1.15, 5.2.x before 5.2.14, and 5.3.x before 5.3.10, contain…

CVE-2026-120859

PyMoDAQ before 4.4.13, and pymodaqdata, pymodaqgui, and pymodaqutils before 5.1.15, 5.2.x before 5.2.14, and 5.3.x before 5.3.10, contain deserialization of untrusted data and eval injection vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying crafted files that a user opens. Attackers can store pickled objects in HDF5 string nodes that StringARRAY.arraytostring() passes to pickle.loads() when the node is browsed or read, place Python expressions in HDF5 attributes that JsonConverter.json2object() evaluates, supply a .dock file that loadlayoutstate() unpickles from the Dashboard Load layout action, or embed Python expressions in XML settings files that elttodict() and settxtfromelt() evaluate.

Assessment

CVSS: 8.5 (v4.0)
Severity: High
Known exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
Exploit availability: Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
Published: 5 November 2026
Last updated: 5 November 2026
Affected: PyMoDAQ · PyMoDAQ · pymodaq_data · pymodaq_gui · pymodaq_utils
Assigner: VulnCheck

CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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