CVE-2026-53875

picklescan - Scanning Bypass via Dynamic Eval in scan_pytorch

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 17, 2026 at 03:05 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsPicklescanPickleScan

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.0.3
Affected range stops below 1.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.0.3
Vendor states this is fixed in 1.0.3 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHVulnCheck
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-95

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