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TI-2025-43865 Aliases GHSA-vqmv-47xg-9wpr

Picklescan missing detection when calling pty.spawn

Priority LOW 38CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

### Summary Using pty.spawn, which is a built-in python library function to execute arbitrary commands on the host system. ### Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to `pty.spawn` function in the `__reduce__` method. Then the victim attempts to use picklescan to scan the pickle file for issues and sees this - ``` ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Scanned files: 1 Infected files: 0 Dangerous globals: 0 ``` The victim proceeds to load the pickle file and execute attacker-injected arbitrary code. ### PoC ``` class PtyExploit: def __reduce__(self): return (pty.spawn, (["/bin/sh", "-c", "id; exit"],)) ``` ### Impact **Who is impacted?** Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models. **What is the impact?** Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded. **Supply Chain Attack**: Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects. ### Collaborators https://github.com/ajohnston9 https://github.com/geo-lit

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed picklescan (PyPI): 0.0.33

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—picklescan (PyPI)before 0.0.330.0.33Patch availableGHSA-vqmv-47xg-9wpr
  • picklescan (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.33 Fixed in 0.0.33 Patch available GHSA-vqmv-47xg-9wpr

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-vqmv-47xg-9wpr picklescan (PyPI) Fixed in 0.0.33 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-vqmv-47xg-9wpr

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