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Fickling Blocklist Bypass: cProfile.run()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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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CVEs
CVE-2026-22607
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 18:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Fickling Blocklist Bypass: cProfile.run()

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jan 2026, 01:35 UTC

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",
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    "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.",
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        "PYSEC-2026-1371"
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  "published_at": "2026-01-10T01:35:04.92+00:00"
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