Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2025· Updated Dec 29, 2025
picklescan - Security scanning bypass via 'pip main'
CVE-2025-1716
Description
picklescan before 0.0.21 does not treat 'pip' as an unsafe global. An attacker could craft a malicious model that uses Pickle to pull in a malicious PyPI package (hosted, for example, on pypi.org or GitHub) via pip.main(). Because pip is not a restricted global, the model, when scanned with picklescan, would pass security checks and appear to be safe, when it could instead prove to be problematic.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
picklescanPyPI | < 0.0.22 | 0.0.22 |
Affected products
2- Range: 0.0.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/78ce704227c51f070c0c5fb4b466d92c62a7aa3dghsapatchWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-655q-fx9r-782vghsaADVISORY
- github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-655q-fx9r-782vghsathird-party-advisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1716ghsaADVISORY
- www.sonatype.com/security-advisories/cve-2025-1716mitrethird-party-advisory
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/picklescan/PYSEC-2025-18.yamlghsaWEB
- sites.google.com/sonatype.com/vulnerabilities/cve-2025-1716ghsaWEB
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