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PyArrow 23.0.1 release notes security fixes CVE💡 Result:
The Apache Arrow 23.0.1 release, published on February 16, 2026, addresses a security vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-25087 [1][2][3]. This vulnerability is a Use After Free (UAF) issue located in the Apache Arrow C++ implementation, affecting versions 15.0.0 through 23.0.0 [2][4][5]. It can be triggered when reading an Arrow IPC file (specifically files, not IPC streams) with pre-buffering enabled, provided the file contains data with variadic buffers, such as Binary View or String View data [4][6][5]. Key technical points regarding this vulnerability include: - Trigger Mechanism: The vulnerability requires pre-buffering to be explicitly enabled via the C++ API call RecordBatchFileReader::PreBufferMetadata [2][4][5]. - Language Bindings: The Apache Arrow maintainers have stated that this functionality is not exposed in language bindings, including Python (PyArrow), Ruby, and C GLib [4][5]. Consequently, while the PyArrow package is listed in some vulnerability databases as affected (due to its dependency on the core C++ library), the Python library itself is not directly vulnerable to this exploitation [6][5][7]. - Impact: The most likely consequence is a crash or memory corruption when reading specific IPC files [4][6][5]. While exploitation for more targeted behavior, such as unauthorized data extraction, is theoretically possible, it is considered difficult and highly dependent on specific, hard-to-control memory and multi-threaded I/O patterns [4][5]. Users are advised to upgrade to Apache Arrow 23.0.1 or later to resolve the issue [4][5]. If upgrading is not immediately possible, users should either disable pre-buffering in their C++ code or ensure they are not ingesting IPC files from untrusted sources [4][5].
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Confirm the CVE fixed by the PyArrow 23.0.1 bump
Apache Arrow 23.0.1 includes the fix for CVE-2026-25087 (Use After Free in the Arrow C++ IPC implementation; affects 15.0.0–23.0.0, so
23.0.1is the resolving upgrade). The vulnerability is tied to C++ pre-buffering and isn’t directly exposed via Python bindings, but this version bump still updates the underlying Arrow C++ library.Update the PR/CVE description to explicitly name CVE-2026-25087 (and optionally mention the pre-buffering/C++-API trigger).
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