CVE-2026-53875
Published:June 17, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
picklescan before 1.0.3 contains a scanning bypass vulnerability in the scan_pytorch function that allows attackers to embed malicious magic numbers via dynamic eval using the reduce trick. Attackers can craft malicious PyTorch payloads that evade picklescan detection while remaining executable, enabling arbitrary code execution when loaded with torch.load().
Affected Packages
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.2 <1.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.3picklescan (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <1.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.3picklescan (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <1.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.3Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.43