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GHSA-mhc9-48gj-9gp3: Fickling has safety check bypass via REDUCE+BUILD opcode sequence

February 25, 2026

All 5 of fickling’s safety interfaces — is_likely_safe(), check_safety(), CLI --check-safety, always_check_safety(), and the check_safety() context manager — report LIKELY_SAFE / raise no exceptions for pickle files that call dangerous top-level stdlib functions (signal handlers, network servers, network connections, file operations) when the REDUCE opcode is followed by a BUILD opcode. Demonstrated impacts include backdoor network listeners (socketserver.TCPServer), process persistence (signal.signal), outbound data exfiltration (smtplib.SMTP), and file creation on disk (sqlite3.connect). An attacker can append a trivial BUILD opcode to any payload to eliminate all detection.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-83pf-v6qq-pwmr
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhc9-48gj-9gp3
  • github.com/trailofbits/fickling
  • github.com/trailofbits/fickling/commit/0c4558d950daf70e134090573450ddcedaf10400
  • github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-mhc9-48gj-9gp3

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.1.8

Fixed versions

  • 0.1.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.1.8 or above.

Impact 4.7 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Source file

pypi/fickling/GHSA-mhc9-48gj-9gp3.yml

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