CVE-2025-71354

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle files that exploit idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem.SetText function in reduce methods. Attackers can craft pickle files with embedded code that bypasses picklescan detection and executes arbitrary commands when pickle.load() is called.

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 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-502

Published

2026-06-24

Modified

2026-10-12

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-3vg9-h568-4w9m
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-idlelib-debugobj-objecttreeitem-settext
• https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-3vg9-h568-4w9m

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