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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2025-1944

picklescan before 0.0.23 is vulnerable to a ZIP archive manipulation attack that causes it to crash when attempting to extract and scan PyTorch model archives.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

picklescan before 0.0.23 is vulnerable to a ZIP archive manipulation attack that causes it to crash when attempting to extract and scan PyTorch model archives. By modifying the filename in the ZIP header while keeping the original filename in the directory listing, an attacker can make PickleScan raise a BadZipFile error. However, PyTorch's more forgiving ZIP implementation still allows the model to be loaded, enabling malicious payloads to bypass detection.

CVSS 4.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.32% probability · 25th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-345
Affected
mmaitre314/picklescan
Source
103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.