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GHSA-6556-fwc2-fg2p

Picklescan is vulnerable to RCE through missing detection when calling numpy.f2py.crackfortran._eval_length

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2025-71339

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
PyPI picklescan < 0.0.33 0.0.33

Details

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### Summary Picklescan uses the `numpy.f2py.crackfortran._eval_length` function (a NumPy F2PY helper) to execute arbitrary Python code during unpickling. ### Details Picklescan fails to detect a malicious pickle that uses the gadget `numpy.f2py.crackfortran._eval_length` in `__reduce__`, allowing arbitrary command execution when the pickle is loaded. A crafted object returns this function plus attacker‑controlled arguments; the scan reports the file as safe, but pickle.load() triggers execution. ### PoC ```python class PoC: def __reduce__(self): from numpy.f2py.crackfortran import _eval_length return _eval_length, ("__import__('os').system('whoami')", None) ``` ### Impact - Arbitrary code execution on the victim machine once they load the “scanned as safe” pickle / model file. - Affects any workflow relying on Picklescan to vet untrusted pickle / PyTorch artifacts. - Enables supply‑chain poisoning of shared model files. ### Credits - [ac0d3r](https://github.com/ac0d3r) - [Tong Liu](https://lyutoon.github.io), Institute of information engineering, CAS

References

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