GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-4r9r-ch6f-vxmx Picklescan missing detection when calling pytorch function torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile
MEDIUM
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- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- picklescan
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345
- Reviewed
- 2025-08-22
Affected packages
• PyPI picklescan: < 0.0.28 → fixed in 0.0.28
Description
Summary
Using torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile
function, which is a pytorch library function to execute remote pickle file.
Details
The attack payload executes in the following steps:
First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile
function in reduce method
Then when the victim after checking whether the pickle file is safe by using Picklescan library and this library doesn't dectect any dangerous functions, decide to pickle.load() this malicious pickle file, thus lead to remote code execution.
PoC
```
import torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__ as bottleneck_main
class EvilTorchUtilsBottleneckRunCprofile:
def __reduce__(self):
code = '__import__("os").system("whoami")'
globs = {}
return bottleneck_main.run_cprofile, (code, globs)
```
Impact
Who is impacted? Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models.
What is the impact? Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded.
Supply Chain Attack: Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects.
Corresponding
https://github.com/FredericDT
https://github.com/Qhaoduoyu
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness
References
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-4r9r-ch6f-vxmx web
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/pull/47 web
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/7f994d62084fe43f1cffdef2f9bae6923344ef53 web
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan package
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/releases/tag/v0.0.28 web