Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Picklescan by Maitre
CVE-2025-71360

7.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Picklescan

Status
Picklescan
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 July 2026

What is CVE-2025-71360?

A vulnerability in Picklescan versions prior to 0.0.29 allows attackers to embed malicious code within pickle files. This occurs due to a flaw in the idlelib.calltip.get_entity function used in the reduction methods, which fails to detect these malicious files. When a victim loads a compromised pickle file, it can execute arbitrary commands on the victim's machine, posing a significant security risk. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this threat.

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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