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GHSA-5cxw-w2xg-2m8h: fickling's `platform` module subprocess invocation evades `check_safety()` with `LIKELY_SAFE`

March 13, 2026

A crafted pickle invoking platform._syscmd_file, platform.architecture, or platform.libc_ver passes check_safety() with Severity.LIKELY_SAFE and zero findings. During fickling.loads(), these functions invoke subprocess.check_output with attacker-controlled arguments or read arbitrary files from disk.

Clarification: The subprocess call uses a list argument (['file', '-b', target]), not shell=True, so the attacker controls the file path argument to the file command, not the command itself. The impact is subprocess invocation with attacker-controlled arguments and information disclosure (file type probing), not arbitrary command injection.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cxw-w2xg-2m8h
  • github.com/trailofbits/fickling
  • github.com/trailofbits/fickling/commit/351ed4d4242b447c0ffd550bb66b40695f3f9975
  • github.com/trailofbits/fickling/releases/tag/v0.1.10
  • github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-5cxw-w2xg-2m8h

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.1.10

Fixed versions

  • 0.1.10

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.1.10 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Source file

pypi/fickling/GHSA-5cxw-w2xg-2m8h.yml

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