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.
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pypickle | 2.0.0 | GHSA-5qwj-342r-h886 |
| PyPI | pypickle | 2.0.0 | PYSEC-2025-45 |
Affected products (as reported)
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
References
- VDB-310262 | erdogant pypickle pypickle.py load deserialization vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-310262 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #579157 | erdogant pypickle 1.1.5 Insecure Deserialization third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/2 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/2#issuecomment-2889146579 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/commit/14b4cae704a0bb4eb6723e238f25382d847a1917 patch
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/releases/tag/2.0.0 patch