CVE-2026-22608 describes a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Fickling, a Python pickling decompiler and static analyzer, affecting versions prior to 0.1.7. The flaw stems from Fickling's failure to explicitly block the ctypes and pydoc modules during pickle scanning, allowing an attacker to chain these modules to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trailofbits:fickling:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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