BUG: load fails when using pickle without allow_pickle=True

a partial mitigation of #12759.

see also https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6446

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/lib/format.py b/numpy/lib/format.py
index 4da1022ca..553c9371d 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/format.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/format.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ data HEADER_LEN."
 Notes
 -----
 The ``.npy`` format, including motivation for creating it and a comparison of
-alternatives, is described in the `"npy-format" NEP 
+alternatives, is described in the `"npy-format" NEP
 <https://www.numpy.org/neps/nep-0001-npy-format.html>`_, however details have
 evolved with time and this document is more current.
 
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def write_array(fp, array, version=None, allow_pickle=True, pickle_kwargs=None):
                 fp.write(chunk.tobytes('C'))
 
 
-def read_array(fp, allow_pickle=True, pickle_kwargs=None):
+def read_array(fp, allow_pickle=False, pickle_kwargs=None):
     """
     Read an array from an NPY file.
 
@@ -654,7 +654,11 @@ def read_array(fp, allow_pickle=True, pickle_kwargs=None):
         If this is not a real file object, then this may take extra memory
         and time.
     allow_pickle : bool, optional
-        Whether to allow reading pickled data. Default: True
+        Whether to allow writing pickled data. Default: False
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.16.3
+            Made default False in response to CVE-2019-6446.
+
     pickle_kwargs : dict
         Additional keyword arguments to pass to pickle.load. These are only
         useful when loading object arrays saved on Python 2 when using