Submit #578074: iop-apl-uw basestation3 3.0.4 Deserialization

In the basestation3 github repository, the function load_qc_pickl() in QC.py uses Python’s pickle.load() to deserialize data from a file without validating or sanitizing the input. If an attacker supplies a malicious pickle file, they can execute arbitrary code when the file is loaded, resulting in a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability.

This occurs because pickle.load() is inherently unsafe for loading untrusted data, as it can deserialize and invoke arbitrary Python objects, including system calls.

• Source: ⚠️ https://github.com/iop-apl-uw/basestation3/issues/6
• User: esharmaji (UID 84358)
• Submission: 05/15/2025 14:28 (11 months ago)
• Moderation: 05/17/2025 15:13 (2 days later)
• Status: Accepted
• VulDB entry: 309461 [iop-apl-uw basestation3 up to 3.0.4 basestation3/QC.py load_qc_pickl qc_file deserialization]
• Points: 20