Python: Model `pickle.load`

python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll

@@ -450,6 +450,22 @@ private module StdlibPrivate {
   /** Gets a reference to any of the `pickle` modules. */
   API::Node pickle() { result = API::moduleImport(["pickle", "cPickle", "_pickle"]) }
 
+  /**
+   * A call to `pickle.load`
+   * See https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html#pickle.load
+   */
+  private class PickleLoadCall extends Decoding::Range, DataFlow::CallCfgNode {
+    PickleLoadCall() { this = pickle().getMember("load").getACall() }
+
+    override predicate mayExecuteInput() { any() }
+
+    override DataFlow::Node getAnInput() { result in [this.getArg(0), this.getArgByName("file")] }
+
+    override DataFlow::Node getOutput() { result = this }
+
+    override string getFormat() { result = "pickle" }
+  }
+
   /**
    * A call to `pickle.loads`
    * See https://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html#pickle.loads

python/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/stdlib/Decoding.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import marshal
 import shelve
 import base64
 
-pickle.load(file_)  # $ MISSING: decodeInput=file_ decodeOutput=pickle.load(..) decodeFormat=pickle decodeMayExecuteInput
-pickle.load(file=file_)  # $ MISSING: decodeInput=file_ decodeOutput=pickle.load(..) decodeFormat=pickle decodeMayExecuteInput
+pickle.load(file_)  # $ decodeInput=file_ decodeOutput=pickle.load(..) decodeFormat=pickle decodeMayExecuteInput
+pickle.load(file=file_)  # $ decodeInput=file_ decodeOutput=pickle.load(..) decodeFormat=pickle decodeMayExecuteInput
 pickle.loads(payload)  # $ decodeInput=payload decodeOutput=pickle.loads(..) decodeFormat=pickle decodeMayExecuteInput
 # using this keyword argument is disallowed from Python 3.9
 pickle.loads(data=payload)  # $ decodeInput=payload decodeOutput=pickle.loads(..) decodeFormat=pickle decodeMayExecuteInput