CVE-2025-67748 (GCVE-0-2025-67748)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-16 00:39 – Updated: 2025-12-16 21:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Fickling has Code Injection vulnerability via pty.spawn()
Summary
Fickling is a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer. Versions prior to 0.1.6 had a bypass caused by `pty` missing from the block list of unsafe module imports. This led to unsafe pickles based on `pty.spawn()` being incorrectly flagged as `LIKELY_SAFE`, and was fixed in version 0.1.6. This impacted any user or system that used Fickling to vet pickle files for security issues.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-16 21:10 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/pull/108 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/trailofbits/fickling/pull/187 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trailofbits | fickling |
Affected:
< 0.1.6
|
guessed |
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