{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-14534", "assignerOrgId": "aa17e1a1-c329-4d6e-a1ed-8d0188aea082", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "BombadilSystems", "dateReserved": "2026-07-03T00:02:49.289Z", "datePublished": "2026-07-04T13:25:55.283Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-04T13:25:55.283Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "aa17e1a1-c329-4d6e-a1ed-8d0188aea082", "shortName": "BombadilSystems", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-04T13:25:55.283Z"}, "title": "Fickling check_safety() bypass via unlisted standard library modules (_posixsubprocess, site, atexit)", "datePublic": "2026-06-28T00:08:00.000Z", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "cweId": "CWE-184", "description": "CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs", "type": "CWE"}]}, {"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "cweId": "CWE-502", "description": "CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data", "type": "CWE"}]}], "impacts": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "An attacker can craft a malicious pickle file that invokes _posixsubprocess.fork_exec to spawn arbitrary processes. 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