Description
picklescan before 0.0.35 contains an unsafe pickle deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary server files by chaining io.FileIO and urllib.request.urlopen. Attackers can bypass RCE-focused blocklists to exfiltrate sensitive data like /etc/passwd to external servers.
Published: 2026-06-17
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9726-w42j-3qjr picklescan has Arbitrary file read using `io.FileIO`
History

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description picklescan before 0.0.35 contains an unsafe pickle deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary server files by chaining io.FileIO and urllib.request.urlopen. Attackers can bypass RCE-focused blocklists to exfiltrate sensitive data like /etc/passwd to external servers.
Title picklescan - Arbitrary File Read via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization
First Time appeared Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Mmaitre314 Picklescan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-17T17:36:17.833Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T21:23:54.283Z

Link: CVE-2026-53872

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-17T17:34:29.859Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-18T23:15:04Z

Weaknesses