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SCA: security update for picklescan (GHSA-7wx9-6375-f5wh)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438225

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - picklescan before 1.0.4 contains an incomplete blocklist for the profile module that fails to block the
 module-level profile.run() function, allowing attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution via exec().
 Attackers can craft malicious pickle files calling profile.run(statement) to execute arbitrary Python code
 while picklescan reports zero security issues. (CVE-2026-53873)

Solution

Update the picklescan library and its related packages to version 1.0.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wx9-6375-f5wh

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 438225

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.96

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53873

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53873