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CVE

GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q

Duplicate Advisory: Picklescan vulnerable to Arbitrary File Writing
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CVE

GHSA-rmpp-8wf5-xx5q

Duplicate Advisory: Picklescan vulnerable to Arbitrary File Writing

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

picklescan before 0.0.33 contains an arbitrary file writing vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the dangerous blocklist by using distutils.fileutil.writefile. Attackers can construct malicious pickle objects to overwrite critical system files and achieve denial of service or remote code execution.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
-
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71321, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-file-writing-via-distutils-module-bypass

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0%
EPSS Percentile
0%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
0.0.33

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