picklescan - Arbitrary File Read via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization

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  "id": "59a8cbf1ffa862ff206f14898849e89cf1cd070435093aa51622c103d1b0c323",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53872",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "picklescan - Arbitrary File Read via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-53872",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-53872",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-53872",
        "GHSA-9726-w42j-3qjr",
        "PYSEC-2026-1787"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
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                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  }
                ]
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.0.34",
            "v0.0.33",
            "v0.0.32",
            "v0.0.31",
            "v0.0.30",
            "v0.0.29",
            "v0.0.28",
            "v0.0.27",
            "v0.0.26",
            "v0.0.25",
            "v0.0.24",
            "v0.0.23",
            "v0.0.22",
            "v0.0.21",
            "v0.0.20",
            "v0.0.19",
            "v0.0.18",
            "v0.0.17",
            "v0.0.15",
            "v0.0.14",
            "v0.0.13",
            "v0.0.12",
            "v0.0.11",
            "v0.0.10",
            "v0.0.9",
            "v0.0.8",
            "v0.0.7",
            "v0.0.6",
            "v0.0.5",
            "v0.0.4",
            "v0.0.3",
            "v0.0.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53872.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:50.055595909Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53872.json",
        "https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-9726-w42j-3qjr",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53872",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-file-read-via-unsafe-pickle-deserialization"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-22"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53872.json"
      }
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        "value": "CVE-2026-53872",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 518432,
  "published_at": "2026-06-17T15:05:02.203+00:00"
}