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CVE-2026-56304
Published:June 20, 2026
Updated:July 21, 2026
picklescan before 1.0.1 contains an unsafe pickle deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to create arbitrary zero-byte files via logging.FileHandler class instantiation. Attackers can exploit this by crafting malicious pickle payloads to bypass RCE blocklists and create lock files or other filesystem artifacts, potentially causing denial of service or application disruption.
Affected Packages
picklescan (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <1.0.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
POC
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
EPSS
Base Score:
0.29