Fickling has a bypass via runpy.run_path() and runpy.run_module()

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0048, the 41st percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 9 Jan 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-wfq2-52f7-7qvj
• OSV: GHSA-wfq2-52f7-7qvj
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-565g-hwwr-4pp3
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-r7v6-mfhq-g3m2
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/security/advisories/GHSA-wfq2-52f7-7qvj
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22606
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/pull/108
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/pull/187
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/pull/195
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/commit/9a2b3f89bd0598b528d62c10a64c1986fcb09f66
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/blob/977b0769c13537cd96549c12bb537f05464cf09c/test/test_bypasses.py#L87
• github.com/trailofbits/fickling/releases/tag/v0.1.7

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.