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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2026-53873
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2026-53873
Aliases
Summary picklescan before 1.0.4 contains an incomplete blocklist for the profile module that fails to block the module-level profile.run() function, allowing attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution via exec(). Attackers can craft malicious pickle files calling profile.run(statement) to execute arbitrary Python code while picklescan reports zero security issues.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8
cvssv4 9.3
ssvc Track*
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-7wx9-6375-f5wh
picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-profile-run-blocklist-bypass Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-profile-run-blocklist-bypass
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at None
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: 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 Found at None
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-06-17T17:59:00Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-06-17T17:59:00Z/

Decision: Track*

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53873.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-53873

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]