Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Picklescan by MMAITRE314
CVE-2025-71358

7.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Picklescan

Status
Picklescan
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 June 2026

What is CVE-2025-71358?

Picklescan versions prior to 0.0.29 are susceptible to a vulnerability where malicious pickle files can exploit the idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity function through various reduce methods. By embedding harmful code in these files, attackers can execute arbitrary commands upon loading with pickle.load(), leading to significant security risks for users.

Affected Version(s)

picklescan 0 < 0.0.29

picklescan 0.0.29

References

https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisor...
vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-co...
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
7.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
Physical
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

FredericDT
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