Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-53873

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 17 June 2026

Published
17 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 Score 0.0046 36.6th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-53873 is a critical-severity Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs (CWE-184) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Python (T1059.006); ranked at the 36.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

picklescan before 1.0.4 contains an incomplete blocklist for the profile module that fails to block the module-level profile.run() function, allowing attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution via exec(). Attackers can craft malicious pickle files calling profile.run(statement) to execute arbitrary Python…

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code while picklescan reports zero security issues.

CWE(s)
CWE-184

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.006 Python Execution
Adversaries may abuse Python commands and scripts for execution.
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Why these techniques?

Incomplete blocklist in picklescan permits profile.run() in malicious pickle files, directly enabling arbitrary Python code execution via exec().

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-8 Spam Protection
addresses: CWE-184

Spam filters rely on evolving blacklists, signatures, and heuristics of disallowed message patterns; keeping them updated per the control directly mitigates incomplete disallowed-input lists.

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