CVE-2026-53875

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
picklescanpicklescan0 < 1.0.3affected
picklescanpicklescan1.0.3unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

Additional References

References