GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-rrxm-2pvv-m66x Picklescan is vulnerable to RCE via missing detection when calling numpy.f2py.crackfortran.getlincoef

HIGH Published 2025-12-30 Modified 2025-12-30 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
picklescan
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Weaknesses
CWE-502, CWE-94
Reviewed
2025-12-30

Affected packages

• PyPI picklescan: < 0.0.33 → fixed in 0.0.33

Description

Summary Picklescan uses the `numpy.f2py.crackfortran.getlincoef` function (a NumPy F2PY helper) to execute arbitrary Python code during unpickling. Details Picklescan fails to detect a malicious pickle that uses the gadget `numpy.f2py.crackfortran.getlincoef` in `__reduce__`, allowing arbitrary command execution when the pickle is loaded. A crafted object returns this function plus attacker‑controlled arguments; the scan reports the file as safe, but pickle.load() triggers execution. PoC ```python class PoC: def __reduce__(self): from numpy.f2py.crackfortran import getlincoef return getlincoef, ("__import__('os').system('whoami')", None) ``` Impact • Arbitrary code execution on the victim machine once they load the “scanned as safe” pickle / model file. • Affects any workflow relying on Picklescan to vet untrusted pickle / PyTorch artifacts. • Enables supply‑chain poisoning of shared model files. Credits • ac0d3r • Tong Liu, Institute of information engineering, CAS

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References