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GHSA-hgrh-qx5j-jfwx: Picklescan Bypasses Unsafe Globals Check using pty.spawn

December 29, 2025

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to bypass PickleScan’s unsafe globals check, leading to potential arbitrary code execution. The issue stems from the absence of the pty library (more specifically, of the pty.spawn function) from PickleScan’s list of unsafe globals. This vulnerability allows attackers to disguise malicious pickle payloads within files that would otherwise be scanned for pickle-based threats.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgrh-qx5j-jfwx
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/70c1c6c31beb6baaf52c8db1b6c3c0e84a6f9dab
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/pull/53
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/releases/tag/v0.0.33
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-hgrh-qx5j-jfwx

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.0.33

Fixed versions

  • 0.0.33

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.0.33 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

Source file

pypi/picklescan/GHSA-hgrh-qx5j-jfwx.yml

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