What is CVE-2026-22608?

CVE-2026-22608 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trailofbits Fickling, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-22608?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Deserialization in Trailofbits Fickling

CVE-2026-22608

Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Prior to version 0.1.7, both ctypes and pydoc modules aren't explicitly blocked. Even other existing pickle scanning tools (like picklescan) do not block pydoc.locate. Chaining…

EPSS: 0.003 (26.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Trailofbits Fickling — versions < 0.1.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-22608?: CVE-2026-22608 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trailofbits Fickling, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-22608?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.