What is GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f?

GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Duplicate Advisory: picklescan missing detection by simple obfuscation of a `builtins.eval` call

Why does GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f?

GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f?

GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f affects 1 product, including: pip/picklescan:\u003c 1.0.1.

⚠ Withdrawn by GitHub Security Advisories

Withdrawn: June 18, 2026

GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699fCriticalCVSS 9.8Disclosed before NVD

Duplicate Advisory: picklescan missing detection by simple obfuscation of a `builtins.eval` call

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 17, 2026

Last Modified

June 18, 2026

📋 Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

picklescan before 1.0.1 contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary code by hiding eval calls nested under callable objects via getattr. Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle files that evades detection but executes when the pickle is loaded from untrusted sources.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/picklescan:< 1.0.1

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-9m3x-qqw2-h32h
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53874
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-obfuscated-eval-call
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6c9-qvp8-699f