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SCA: security update for picklescan (GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435102

Description

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

 - picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious idlelib.calltip.Calltip.fetch_tip calls in pickle
 files, allowing remote code execution. Attackers can embed undetected payloads in pickle files that
 execute arbitrary code when loaded via pickle.load(). (CVE-2025-71361)

Solution

Update the picklescan library and its related packages to version 0.0.29 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435102

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/27/2025

Updated: 7/21/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-71361

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-71361

cwe: CWE-95