Is picklescan affected by CVE-2026-53874?

PyPI picklescan is affected in <1.0.1.

Is CVE-2026-53874 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.5%.

high

CVE-2026-53874

Q: Is CVE-2026-53874 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.5%.

PyPI · picklescan

Summary

picklescan missing detection by simple obfuscation of a `builtins.eval` call

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.5% (p40)
Also known as: GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h
Published: 2026-02-02

References

https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53874
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/pull/59

Related advisories

GHSA-g38g-8gr9-h9xp — critical · PyPI/picklescan
CVE-2026-3490 — critical · PyPI/picklescan
CVE-2026-53873 — critical · PyPI/picklescan
CVE-2025-10156 — critical · PyPI/picklescan
CVE-2026-53875 — high · PyPI/picklescan
CVE-2026-53872 — high · PyPI/picklescan
GHSA-46h3-79wf-xr6c — high · PyPI/picklescan
GHSA-955r-x9j8-7rhh — high · PyPI/picklescan

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