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SCA: security update for fickling (GHSA-p523-jq9w-64x9)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436668

Description

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

 - Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Fickling versions up to and including 0.1.6
 do not treat Python's cProfile module as unsafe. Because of this, a malicious pickle that uses
 cProfile.run() is classified as SUSPICIOUS instead of OVERTLY_MALICIOUS. If a user relies on Fickling's
 output to decide whether a pickle is safe to deserialize, this misclassification can lead them to execute
 attacker-controlled code on their system. This affects any workflow or product that uses Fickling as a
 security gate for pickle deserialization. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7. (CVE-2026-22607)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p523-jq9w-64x9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 436668

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/11/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.95

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22607