Parquet/Feather IO: disable PyExtensionType autoload (#55894)

* Parquet/Feather IO: disable PyExtensionType autoload

* don't install hotfix for pyarrow >= 14.0.1

* move patching to extension type definitions

* expand error message

* fix compat for pyarrow not installed

* add whatsnew

doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.3.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 - Bug in :meth:`DatetimeIndex.diff` raising ``TypeError`` (:issue:`55080`)
 - Bug in :meth:`Index.isin` raising for Arrow backed string and ``None`` value (:issue:`55821`)
+- Fix :func:`read_parquet` and :func:`read_feather` for `CVE-2023-47248 <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47248>`__ (:issue:`55894`)
 
 .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .. _whatsnew_213.other:

pandas/compat/__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     pa_version_under11p0,
     pa_version_under13p0,
     pa_version_under14p0,
+    pa_version_under14p1,
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ def get_bz2_file() -> type[pandas.compat.compressors.BZ2File]:
     "pa_version_under11p0",
     "pa_version_under13p0",
     "pa_version_under14p0",
+    "pa_version_under14p1",
     "IS64",
     "ISMUSL",
     "PY310",

pandas/compat/pyarrow.py

@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
     pa_version_under12p0 = _palv < Version("12.0.0")
     pa_version_under13p0 = _palv < Version("13.0.0")
     pa_version_under14p0 = _palv < Version("14.0.0")
+    pa_version_under14p1 = _palv < Version("14.0.1")
 except ImportError:
     pa_version_under10p1 = True
     pa_version_under11p0 = True
     pa_version_under12p0 = True
     pa_version_under13p0 = True
     pa_version_under14p0 = True
+    pa_version_under14p1 = True

pandas/core/arrays/arrow/extension_types.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 import pyarrow
 
+from pandas.compat import pa_version_under14p1
+
 from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import (
     IntervalDtype,
     PeriodDtype,
@@ -112,3 +114,61 @@ def to_pandas_dtype(self) -> IntervalDtype:
 # register the type with a dummy instance
 _interval_type = ArrowIntervalType(pyarrow.int64(), "left")
 pyarrow.register_extension_type(_interval_type)
+
+
+_ERROR_MSG = """\
+Disallowed deserialization of 'arrow.py_extension_type':
+storage_type = {storage_type}
+serialized = {serialized}
+pickle disassembly:\n{pickle_disassembly}
+
+Reading of untrusted Parquet or Feather files with a PyExtensionType column
+allows arbitrary code execution.
+If you trust this file, you can enable reading the extension type by one of:
+
+- upgrading to pyarrow >= 14.0.1, and call `pa.PyExtensionType.set_auto_load(True)`
+- install pyarrow-hotfix (`pip install pyarrow-hotfix`) and disable it by running
+  `import pyarrow_hotfix; pyarrow_hotfix.uninstall()`
+
+We strongly recommend updating your Parquet/Feather files to use extension types
+derived from `pyarrow.ExtensionType` instead, and register this type explicitly.
+"""
+
+
+def patch_pyarrow():
+    # starting from pyarrow 14.0.1, it has its own mechanism
+    if not pa_version_under14p1:
+        return
+
+    # if https://github.com/pitrou/pyarrow-hotfix was installed and enabled
+    if getattr(pyarrow, "_hotfix_installed", False):
+        return
+
+    class ForbiddenExtensionType(pyarrow.ExtensionType):
+        def __arrow_ext_serialize__(self):
+            return b""
+
+        @classmethod
+        def __arrow_ext_deserialize__(cls, storage_type, serialized):
+            import io
+            import pickletools
+
+            out = io.StringIO()
+            pickletools.dis(serialized, out)
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                _ERROR_MSG.format(
+                    storage_type=storage_type,
+                    serialized=serialized,
+                    pickle_disassembly=out.getvalue(),
+                )
+            )
+
+    pyarrow.unregister_extension_type("arrow.py_extension_type")
+    pyarrow.register_extension_type(
+        ForbiddenExtensionType(pyarrow.null(), "arrow.py_extension_type")
+    )
+
+    pyarrow._hotfix_installed = True
+
+
+patch_pyarrow()

pandas/io/feather_format.py

@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ def read_feather(
     import_optional_dependency("pyarrow")
     from pyarrow import feather
 
+    # import utils to register the pyarrow extension types
+    import pandas.core.arrays.arrow.extension_types  # pyright: ignore[reportUnusedImport] # noqa: F401
+
     check_dtype_backend(dtype_backend)
 
     with get_handle(