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SCA: security update for picklescan (GHSA-4675-36f9-wf6r)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436507

Description

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

 - picklescan before 0.0.33 fails to block the ctypes module, allowing attackers to achieve remote code
 execution by invoking direct syscalls and accessing raw memory. Attackers can craft malicious pickle files
 using ctypes.WinDLL to load kernel32.dll and execute arbitrary commands, bypassing sandbox protections and
 gadget chain detection. (CVE-2025-71323)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4675-36f9-wf6r

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 436507

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 12/29/2025

Updated: 7/1/2026

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-2025-71323

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/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-2025-71323