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CVE-2026-22608

High
Fickling Python Pickle Scanner RCE Bypass via ctypes and pydoc Chain (CVE-2026-22608)
CWE-184 — Weakness Type
Published: Jan 10, 2026  ·  Modified: Feb 28, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
7.8
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

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.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

Fickling Python pickle analyzer versions before 0.1.7 fail to block ctypes and pydoc modules, allowing attackers to chain these for remote code execution while evading safety detection. Organizations using vulnerable versions may unknowingly process malicious pickle files classified as safe.

📄 Description (Arabic)

تحتوي نسخ Fickling السابقة للإصدار 0.1.7 على ثغرة أمان حرجة حيث لا يتم حظر وحدات ctypes و pydoc بشكل صريح. يمكن للمهاجمين ربط هذه الوحدات معاً لتحقيق تنفيذ أوامر بعيدة بينما يبلغ الماسح الضوئي عن الملف كآمن على الأرجح.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

Fickling Python pickle analyzer versions before 0.1.7 fail to block ctypes and pydoc modules, allowing attackers to chain these for remote code execution while evading safety detection. Organizations using vulnerable versions may unknowingly process malicious pickle files classified as safe.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 2, 2026 01:16
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
banking telecom government healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Upgrade Fickling to version 0.1.7 or later immediately. Review all pickle file processing workflows and implement additional validation layers. Consider using alternative serialization formats instead of pickle for untrusted data sources.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بترقية Fickling إلى الإصدار 0.1.7 أو أحدث فوراً. راجع جميع سير العمل لمعالجة ملفات pickle وطبق طبقات تحقق إضافية. فكر في استخدام تنسيقات تسلسل بديلة بدلاً من pickle للبيانات غير الموثوقة.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.1.1 A.2.1 A.3.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.BE-1 PR.DS-1 PR.DS-2
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.2.1 A.14.2.1 A.14.2.5
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
trailofbits:fickling
📊 CVSS Score
7.8
/ 10.0 — High
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorL — Low / Local
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredN — None / Network
User InteractionR — Required
ScopeU — Unchanged
ConfidentialityH — High
IntegrityH — High
AvailabilityH — High
📋 Quick Facts
Severity High
CVSS Score7.8
CWECWE-184
EPSS0.04%
Exploit No
Patch ✓ Yes
Published 2026-01-10
Source Feed nvd
Views 5
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
8.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: HIGH
🏷️ Tags
patch-available CWE-184
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