{"cve":"CVE-2026-22608","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-10T02:15:49.917","modified":"2026-06-17T10:20:09.340","status":"Analyzed","description":"Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Prior to version 0.1.7, both ctypes and pydoc modules aren't explicitly blocked. Even other existing pickle scanning tools (like picklescan) do not block pydoc.locate. Chaining these two together can achieve RCE while the scanner still reports the file as LIKELY_SAFE. This issue has been patched in version 0.1.7.","cvss_v4":{"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/E:P","score":8.9},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-184","CWE-502"],"references":["https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/commit/b793563e60a5e039c5837b09d7f4f6b92e6040d1","https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/releases/tag/v0.1.7","https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-5hvc-6wx8-mvv4","https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-5hvc-6wx8-mvv4"],"products":["trailofbits:fickling"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:19:41.481987139+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-22608","score":0.00393,"percentile":0.33498,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-5hvc-6wx8-mvv4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5hvc-6wx8-mvv4","summary":"Fickling vulnerable to use of ctypes and pydoc gadget chain to bypass detection","modified":"2026-07-07T17:57:31.854309818Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"fickling","purl":"pkg:pypi/fickling","ranges":["<0.1.7"],"fixed":["0.1.7"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1369","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-1369","summary":"Fickling vulnerable to use of ctypes and pydoc gadget chain to bypass detection","modified":"2026-07-07T17:47:13.951597576Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"fickling","purl":"pkg:pypi/fickling","ranges":["<0.1.7"],"fixed":["0.1.7"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}