# CVE-2026-124318: Treeio through 2.0 Insecure Deserialization RCE via Admin-Editable Pickle Fields

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-07. Updated: 2026-11-07.

Treeio through 2.0 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in UpdateRecord.get_format_strings and ModuleSetting.loads that allows staff users to execute code via unverified pickle data. Attackers can store a crafted base64 pickle payload in an UpdateRecord format_strings field through the Django admin, executing Python code as the web server user when news feeds render.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- treeio / treeio (treeio/treeio): ≥ 0; ≤ 2.0 (affected, custom). Source: CNA: VulnCheck

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 8.6 (high); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CVSS 3.1: 7.2 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-502

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://github.com/treeio/treeio/issues/165 (CNA: VulnCheck; issue-tracking)

- https://github.com/treeio/treeio/blob/bae3115f4015aad2cbc5ab45572232ceec990495/treeio/core/models.py#L1101-L1109 (CNA: VulnCheck; technical-description)

- https://github.com/treeio/treeio/blob/bae3115f4015aad2cbc5ab45572232ceec990495/treeio/core/models.py#L1265-L1273 (CNA: VulnCheck; technical-description)

- https://github.com/treeio/treeio (CNA: VulnCheck; product)

- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/treeio-through-2.0-insecure-deserialization-rce-via-admin-editable-pickle-fields (CNA: VulnCheck; third-party-advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulnCheck: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-124318; retrieved 2026-11-07; source updated 2026-11-07

Revision: 8a7a18480d9d312f949158151f1ca4513795bfc9019f12877dbbcc25aaef7baa

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-124318

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