GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9: Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.calltip.Calltip

August 26, 2025

Using idlelib.calltip.Calltip.fetch_tip, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9
github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan
github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/aecd11be98702caa9ba9b12189d91ad596a36114
github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9

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