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CVE-2025-5174

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.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts limited data confidentiality, limited integrity, and limited availability for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from erdogant organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2025, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2025-05-26T07:15:26.400

Last Modified

2025-06-03T15:43:36.410

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.1

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-20
CWE-502
Type: Primary
CWE-502

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	erdogant	pypickle	< 2.0.0	Yes

References

https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/commit/14b4cae704a0bb4eb6723e238f25382d847a1917 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/2 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/2#issuecomment-2889146579 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/releases/tag/2.0.0 Release Notes ([email protected])
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310262 Permissions Required, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://vuldb.com/?id.310262 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://vuldb.com/?submit.579157 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/erdogant/pypickle/issues/2 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For erdogant's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.