Is diskcache safe to use?

diskcache has 2 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (5.6.3). DepScope rates its health at 43/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of diskcache?

The latest version of diskcache is 5.6.3, released 2023-08-31.

Does diskcache have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. diskcache has 2 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/pypi/diskcache for details.

Is diskcache deprecated?

No, diskcache is actively maintained. Latest release: 5.6.3 (2023-08-31).

What are alternatives to diskcache?

Popular alternatives to diskcache in PyPI include: boto3, urllib3, typing_extensions, setuptools, python-dateutil.

What license does diskcache use?

diskcache is licensed under Apache 2.0.

diskcache

pypiv5.6.3

Disk Cache -- Disk and file backed persistent cache.

License Apache 2.0permissive84 versions1 maintainers0 deps

grantjenks/python-diskcache

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (43/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (43/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

21/25

security

15/15

maturity

7/15

community

Vulnerabilities

2 medium

Advisories (2)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
medium	CVE-2025-69872	DiskCache has unsafe pickle deserialization	—
medium	CVE-2025-69872	DiskCache has unsafe pickle deserialization	—

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