CVE-2025-5175erdogant pypickle pypickle.py save improper authorization
- 4.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.25%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 84% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was found in erdogant pypickle up to 1.1.5. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function Save of the file pypickle/pypickle.py. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 14b4cae704a0bb4eb6723e238f25382d847a1917. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
References tagged exploit2 references
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/3 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/3#issue-3070689116 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
Timeline
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpypickleGHSA-qpxx-2cwh-r5vh (opens in a new tab)
References
References8
- VDB-310263 | erdogant pypickle pypickle.py save improper authorization (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-310263 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #579824 | erdogant pypickle 1.1.5 File Overwrite Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/3 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/3#issuecomment-2888589652 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/3#issue-3070689116 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/commit/14b4cae704a0bb4eb6723e238f25382d847a1917 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/releases/tag/2.0.0 (opens in a new tab)patch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-16266 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qpxx-2cwh-r5vh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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