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SCA: security update for picklescan (GHSA-xp4f-hrf8-rxw7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435115

Description

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

 - picklescan before 0.0.30 (affected versions 0.0.26 and earlier) fails to detect the ensurepip._run_pip
 built-in function when scanning pickle files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. Malicious
 pickle files embedding ensurepip._run_pip calls in __reduce__ methods bypass picklescan detection and
 achieve remote code execution upon pickle.load() invocation. (CVE-2025-71344)

Solution

Update the picklescan library and its related packages to version 0.0.30 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp4f-hrf8-rxw7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435115

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/27/2025

Updated: 7/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.62

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-2025-71344

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-2025-71344

cwe: CWE-502