GHSA-8mc5-7w9m-fqv6

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mc5-7w9m-fqv6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-8mc5-7w9m-fqv6/GHSA-8mc5-7w9m-fqv6.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-8mc5-7w9m-fqv6
Withdrawn
2026-09-11T19:25:00Z
Published
2026-06-21T15:31:23Z
Modified
2026-09-11T19:30:05Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.6 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Duplicate Advisory: Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcommand
Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-j343-8v2j-ff7w. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcommand in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes remote commands when loaded by victims.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-502"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-09-11T19:25:00Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-06-21T14:16:23Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / picklescan

Package

Name
picklescan
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Purl
pkg:pypi/picklescan

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.0.30

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
0.0.2
0.0.3
0.0.4
0.0.5
0.0.6
0.0.7
0.0.8
0.0.9
0.0.10
0.0.11
0.0.12
0.0.13
0.0.14
0.0.15
0.0.16
0.0.17
0.0.18
0.0.19
0.0.20
0.0.21
0.0.22
0.0.23
0.0.24
0.0.25
0.0.26
0.0.27
0.0.28
0.0.29

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-8mc5-7w9m-fqv6/GHSA-8mc5-7w9m-fqv6.json"