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GHSA-82fg-2r99-h7v6

Duplicate Advisory: PickleScan's pkgutil.resolve_name has a universal blocklist bypass

Critical Withdrawn Jun 18, 2026 PyPI
Severity
0.0 / 10
Critical · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
—
No score published
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-183 Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
Fix
1.0.4
Upgrade picklescan to this version or later

Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-vvpj-8cmc-gx39. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

picklescan before 1.0.4 fails to block pkgutil.resolve_name, allowing attackers to bypass the entire blocklist by resolving any dangerous function through indirect REDUCE calls. Remote attackers can invoke any blocked function such as os.system, builtins.exec, or subprocess.call to achieve remote code execution.

Affected versions

PyPI

PackageVulnerableFixed in
picklescan
< 1.0.4
1.0.4

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

picklescan PyPI → 1.0.4

pip
pip install --upgrade "picklescan>=1.0.4"
poetry
poetry add "picklescan>=1.0.4"
uv
uv add "picklescan>=1.0.4"

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
High
Integrity (vulnerable system)
High
Availability (vulnerable system)
High
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
High
Integrity (subsequent systems)
High
Availability (subsequent systems)
High
Exploit maturity
Not defined
Scope
X

CVSS 3.1 10.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Weakness

CWE-183: Permissive List of Allowed Inputs

The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are explicitly allowed by policy because the inputs are assumed to be safe, but the list is too permissive - that is, it allows an input that is unsafe, leading to resultant weaknesses.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Withdrawn
  3. Last updated by the source
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-g38g-8gr9-h9xp
PickleScan has multiple stdlib modules with direct RCE not in blocklist
Critical Also affects picklescan
GHSA-vvpj-8cmc-gx39
PickleScan's pkgutil.resolve_name has a universal blocklist bypass
Critical Also affects picklescan
GHSA-7wx9-6375-f5wh
PickleScan's profile.run blocklist mismatch allows exec() bypass
Critical Also affects picklescan
GHSA-97f8-7cmv-76j2
Picklescan (scan_pytorch) Bypass via dynamic eval MAGIC_NUMBER
High Also affects picklescan
GHSA-m7j5-r2p5-c39r
picklescan vulnerable to arbitrary file create using logging.FileHandler
Medium Also affects picklescan
GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h
picklescan missing detection by simple obfuscation of a `builtins.eval` call
Critical Also affects picklescan
GHSA-9726-w42j-3qjr
picklescan has Arbitrary file read using `io.FileIO`
High Also affects picklescan
GHSA-46h3-79wf-xr6c
Picklescan is vulnerable to RCE via missing detection when calling built-in python _operator.attrgetter
High Also affects picklescan
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