GHSA-vvpj-8cmc-gx39: PickleScan's pkgutil.resolve_name has a universal blocklist bypass
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pkgutil.resolve_name() is a Python stdlib function that resolves any "module:attribute" string to the corresponding Python object at runtime. By using pkgutil.resolve_name as the first REDUCE call in a pickle, an attacker can obtain a reference to ANY blocked function (e.g., os.system, builtins.exec, subprocess.call) without that function appearing in the pickle’s opcodes. picklescan only sees pkgutil.resolve_name (which is not blocked) and misses the actual dangerous function entirely.
This defeats picklescan’s entire blocklist concept — every single entry in _unsafe_globals can be bypassed.
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