Summary
Picklescan missing detection when calling built-in python library function timeit.timeit()
Impact
Severity: High
Who is impacted? Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models.
What is the impact? Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded.
Supply Chain Attack: Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter. Kodem's runtime-powered SCA identifies whether this CVE is reachable in your applications.
Remediation advice
Kodem Kai can prioritize this vulnerability in your dependency tree and generate a fix recommendation.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC? GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC is a medium-severity security vulnerability in picklescan (pip), affecting versions < 0.0.25. It is fixed in 0.0.25.
- Which versions of picklescan are affected by GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC? picklescan (pip) versions < 0.0.25 is affected.
- Is there a fix for GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC? Yes. GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC is fixed in 0.0.25. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix GHSA-V7X6-RV5Q-MHWC? Upgrade
picklescanto 0.0.25 or later.