CVE-2025-71340

picklescan through 0.0.26 fails to detect malicious pickle files that invoke idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcode in __reduce__ methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes arbitrary commands when the file is loaded via pickle.load(), enabling supply chain attacks on PyTorch models and saved Python objects. This is fixed in version 0.0.30.

CVSS 4.0

7.6CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-502

Published

2026-06-25

Modified

2026-10-12

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-3gf5-cxq9-w223
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-idlelib-pyshell-modifiedinterpreter-runcode
• https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-3gf5-cxq9-w223

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