VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-53872

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-06-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-22

Primary references