GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q/GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q
Withdrawn
2026-06-18T14:44:10Z
Published
2026-06-17T18:35:56Z
Modified
2026-06-18T15:00:17Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
Duplicate Advisory: Picklescan vulnerable to Arbitrary File Writing
Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

picklescan before 0.0.33 contains an arbitrary file writing vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the dangerous blocklist by using distutils.file_util.write_file. Attackers can construct malicious pickle objects to overwrite critical system files and achieve denial of service or remote code execution.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-502"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-18T14:44:10Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-17T17:16:40Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
}
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
0.0.33

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
0.0.30
0.0.31
0.0.32

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q/GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q.json"