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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 17, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

picklescan - Scanning Bypass via Dynamic Eval in scan_pytorch

CVE-2026-53875

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().

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
picklescanPyPI
< 1.0.31.0.3

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