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CVE-2026-22606PYSEC-2026-1373GHSA-WFQ2-52F7-7QVJ

Fickling has a bypass via runpy.run_path() and runpy.run_module()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.1.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Fickling versions up to and including 0.1.6 do not treat Python’s runpy module as unsafe. Because of this, a malicious pickle that uses runpy.run_path() or runpy.run_module() is classified as SUSPICIOUS instead of OVERTLY_MALICIOUS. If a user relies on Fickling’s output to decide whether a pickle is safe to deserialize, this misclassification can lead them to execute attacker-controlled code on their system. This affects any workflow or product that uses Fickling as a security gate for pickle deserialization. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • trailofbits fickling

    fixed in 0.1.7

  • ficklingPyPI

    fixed in 0.1.7

References 3

GitHub · trailofbits/fickling