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SCA: security update for picklescan (GHSA-hgrh-qx5j-jfwx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436504

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - PickleScan before 0.0.33 fails to include the pty.spawn function in its unsafe globals list, allowing
 attackers to bypass security checks. Malicious actors can craft pickle payloads using pty.spawn to achieve
 arbitrary code execution when files are processed by PickleScan. (CVE-2025-71322)

Solution

Update the picklescan library and its related packages to version 0.0.33 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgrh-qx5j-jfwx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 436504

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.96

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-71322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-71322

cwe: CWE-693