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Vulnerability record · public intelligence
CVE-2025-5174
MEDIUM

pypickle unsafe deserialization vulnerability

Published May 26, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Severity · CVSSMEDIUM · Not scored
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood0.34%
QFinch risk scoreNot available

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

pypickle unsafe deserialization vulnerability

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QFinch assessment

A vulnerability was found in erdogant pypickle up to 1.1.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function load of the file pypickle/pypickle.py. The manipulation leads to deserialization. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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 identified as 14b4cae704a0bb4eb6723e238f25382d847a1917. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
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Evidence coverage

FIRST-EPSSCVE-LIST-V5
SSVC priority
LOW
Confidence
Not available
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. VDB-310262 | erdogant pypickle pypickle.py load deserialization ↗
  2. VDB-310262 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) ↗
  3. Submit #579157 | erdogant pypickle 1.1.5 Insecure Deserialization ↗
  4. Source repository ↗
  5. Source repository ↗
  6. Patch commit ↗
  7. Source repository ↗

Record history

Published May 26, 2025 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026