CVE-2025-71320

picklescan before 0.0.33 contains an incomplete deny-list that fails to block pydoc.locate and operator.methodcaller functions, allowing attackers to bypass security checks. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files using these unblocked functions to achieve arbitrary code execution when the pickle is deserialized.

CVSS 4.0

9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-184

Published

2026-06-17

Modified

2026-10-12

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-84r2-jw7c-4r5q
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-incomplete-disallowed-inputs
• https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-84r2-jw7c-4r5q

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