Fickling Blocklist Bypass: cProfile.run()
Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Fickling versions up to and including 0.1.6 do not treat Python's cProfile module as unsafe. Because of this, a malicious pickle that uses cProfile.run() is classified as SUSPICIOUS instead of OVERTLY_MALICIOUS. If a user relies on Fickling's output to decide whether a pickle is safe to deserialize, this misclassification can lead them to execute attacker-controlled code on their system. This affects any workflow or product that uses Fickling as a security gate for pickle deserialization. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2026-22607
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 18:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Fickling versions up to and including 0.1.6 do not treat Python's cProfile module as unsafe. Because of this, a malicious pickle that uses cProfile.run() is classified as SUSPICIOUS instead of OVERTLY_MALICIOUS. If a user relies on Fickling's output to decide whether a pickle is safe to deserialize, this misclassification can lead them to execute attacker-controlled code on their system. This affects any workflow or product that uses Fickling as a security gate for pickle deserialization. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7.
osv:CVE-2026-22607
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-22607",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Fickling Blocklist Bypass: cProfile.run()",
"summary": "Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Fickling versions up to and including 0.1.6 do not treat Python's cProfile module as unsafe. Because of this, a malicious pickle that uses cProfile.run() is classified as SUSPICIOUS instead of OVERTLY_MALICIOUS. If a user relies on Fickling's output to decide whether a pickle is safe to deserialize, this misclassification can lead them to execute attacker-controlled code on their system. This affects any workflow or product that uses Fickling as a security gate for pickle deserialization. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-22607",
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"severity": "high",
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"GHSA-p523-jq9w-64x9",
"PYSEC-2026-1371"
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:31.413281502Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22607.json",
"https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-p523-jq9w-64x9",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22607",
"https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/commit/dc8ae12966edee27a78fe05c5745171a2b138d43"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 498426,
"published_at": "2026-01-10T01:35:04.92+00:00"
}