CVE-2026-53873

CRITICAL EPSS 36.6%

Published Jun 17, 20262w ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

9.3 CVSS 4.0

Critical

Published Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

picklescan before 1.0.4 contains an incomplete blocklist for the profile module that fails to block the module-level profile.run() function, allowing attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution via exec(). Attackers can craft malicious pickle files calling profile.run(statement) to execute arbitrary Python code while picklescan reports zero security issues.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.3

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

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:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

36.6% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-184

References 2

github.com https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-7wx9-6375-f5wh
vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-profile-run-blocklist-bypass

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.