Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-5174erdogant pypickle pypickle.py load deserialization

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity unsafe deserialization in pypickle from erdogant. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in erdogant pypickle up to 1.1.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function load of the file pypickle/pypickle.py. The manipulation leads to deserialization. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 14b4cae704a0bb4eb6723e238f25382d847a1917. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIpypickle2.0.0GHSA-5qwj-342r-h886
PyPIpypickle2.0.0PYSEC-2025-45

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
erdogant pypickle 1.1.01.1.11.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.5

Weakness: CWE-502, CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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