RCE in Picklescan
CVE-2026-53875
picklescan before 1.0.3 contains a scanning bypass vulnerability in the scan_pytorch function that allows attackers to embed malicious magic numbers via dynamic eval using the __reduce__ trick. Attackers can craft malicious PyTorch payloads that evade picklescan detection while remaining executable, enabling arbitrary code execution when loaded with torch.load().
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EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.006 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Picklescan — versions 0, 1.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-97f8-7cmv-76j2 (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/2a8383cfeb4158567f9770d86597300c9e508d0f (patch)
- github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/134179474539648ba7dee1317959529fbd0e7f89 (patch)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-scanning-bypass-via-dynamic-eval-in-sca… (third-party-advisory)