Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Affecting fickling package, versions [,0.1.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-FICKLING-15358025
  • published26 Feb 2026
  • disclosed25 Feb 2026
  • creditYash Rajesh Chhabria

Introduced: 25 Feb 2026

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-184  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade fickling to version 0.1.8 or higher.

Overview

fickling is an A static analyzer and interpreter for Python pickle data

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs in the is_likely_safe(), check_safety(), --check-safety, always_check_safety() and check_safety() interfaces. An attacker can execute arbitrary code, open network connections, create files, or establish backdoor listeners by crafting malicious pickle files that exploit the bypass in the safety checks.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1