Path Traversal in picklescan (CVE-2026-53872)
Summary
Path traversal in picklescan (CVE-2026-53872). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Exploitable via picklescan. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.0.35 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
picklescan before 0.0.35 contains an unsafe pickle deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary server files by chaining io.FileIO and urllib.request.urlopen. Attackers can bypass RCE-focused blocklists to exfiltrate sensitive data like /etc/passwd to external servers.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-53872 has been found in picklescan.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like picklescan over the network to misuse the product.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade picklescan to 0.0.35 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "picklescan CVE-2026-53872" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-53872 (picklescan) — CWE-22 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: picklescan / RCE / Http
Patched: 0.0.35 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Path traversal (CWE-22) exists in picklescan. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via picklescan without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of picklescan. Attack surface: picklescan / RCE / Http.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 0.0.35.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'picklescan' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'picklescan' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
picklescanを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade picklescan to 0.0.35ステージング環境で 0.0.35 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory vulncheck.com
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- package github.com
- package pypi.org
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