CVE-2025-71358

high

Description

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle files that exploit idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity function in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes arbitrary commands when loaded by victims using pickle.load().

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-idlelib-autocomplete-autocomplete-get-entity

https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4w-5w54-rjvr

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-22

Updated: 2026-06-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.6

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00248