CVE-2026-53874CWE-502

picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Obfuscated eval Call

Critical · published June 17, 2026

CVSS v4.0
9.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

picklescan before 1.0.1 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary code by hiding eval calls nested under callable objects via getattr. Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle files that evades detection but executes when the pickle is loaded from untrusted sources.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
9.3 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00757 · 54.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2026-06-17T15:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 JUN 15:05Z
    picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Obfuscated eval Call
    cvelistv5