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diff --git a/numpy/lib/npyio.py b/numpy/lib/npyio.py
index d6d2a0c6c..ed2e26aac 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/npyio.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/npyio.py
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ class NpzFile(Mapping):
An object on which attribute can be performed as an alternative
to getitem access on the `NpzFile` instance itself.
allow_pickle : bool, optional
- Allow loading pickled data. Default: True
+ Allow loading pickled data. Default: False
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 1.16.3
+ Made default False in response to CVE-2019-6446.
+
pickle_kwargs : dict, optional
Additional keyword arguments to pass on to pickle.load.
These are only useful when loading object arrays saved on
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ class NpzFile(Mapping):
"""
- def __init__(self, fid, own_fid=False, allow_pickle=True,
+ def __init__(self, fid, own_fid=False, allow_pickle=False,
pickle_kwargs=None):
# Import is postponed to here since zipfile depends on gzip, an
# optional component of the so-called standard library.
@@ -285,7 +289,7 @@ class NpzFile(Mapping):
@set_module('numpy')
-def load(file, mmap_mode=None, allow_pickle=True, fix_imports=True,
+def load(file, mmap_mode=None, allow_pickle=False, fix_imports=True,
encoding='ASCII'):
"""
Load arrays or pickled objects from ``.npy``, ``.npz`` or pickled files.
@@ -313,8 +317,11 @@ def load(file, mmap_mode=None, allow_pickle=True, fix_imports=True,
Allow loading pickled object arrays stored in npy files. Reasons for
disallowing pickles include security, as loading pickled data can
execute arbitrary code. If pickles are disallowed, loading object
- arrays will fail.
- Default: True
+ arrays will fail. Default: False
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 1.16.3
+ Made default False in response to CVE-2019-6446.
+
fix_imports : bool, optional
Only useful when loading Python 2 generated pickled files on Python 3,
which includes npy/npz files containing object arrays. If `fix_imports`