CVE-2025-46417
Picklescan Vulnerable to Exfiltration via DNS via linecache and ssl.get_server_certificate
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The unsafe globals in Picklescan before 0.0.25 do not include ssl. Consequently, ssl.get_server_certificate can exfiltrate data via DNS after deserialization.
How to fix CVE-2025-46417
To remediate CVE-2025-46417, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- PyPI/picklescan—upgrade to 0.0.25 or later
- PyPI/picklescan—upgrade to 0.0.25 or later
Is CVE-2025-46417 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.0.25
- from 0, < 0.0.25
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |