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GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4: Picklescan vulnerable to Arbitrary File Writing

December 29, 2025

Picklescan has got open() and shutil in its default dangerous blocklist to prevent arbitrary file overwrites. However the module distutils isnt blocked and can be used for the same purpose ie to write arbitrary files.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4
  • 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-m273-6v24-x4m4

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 9.8 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
  • CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Source file

pypi/picklescan/GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4.yml

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