CVE-2026-3490
picklescan - Universal Blocklist Bypass via pkgutil.resolve_name
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
Description
picklescan before 1.0.4 fails to block pkgutil.resolve_name, allowing attackers to bypass the entire blocklist by resolving any dangerous function through indirect REDUCE calls. Remote attackers can invoke any blocked function such as os.system, builtins.exec, or subprocess.call to achieve remote code execution.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- GHSA Advisory GHSA-vvpj-8cmc-gx39 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.82% · top 42% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 1.0.4
- unaffected 1.0.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpicklescanGHSA-vvpj-8cmc-gx39 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- GHSA Advisory GHSA-vvpj-8cmc-gx39 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: picklescan - Universal Blocklist Bypass via pkgutil.resolve_name (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vvpj-8cmc-gx39 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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