CVE-2025-71358 | picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle fi… | CVSS 8.1 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().

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-71358
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-06-20 12:55 UTC
Published: 2026-06-22 21:04 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-22 21:04 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Vendor / Product: picklescan / picklescan
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.1 HIGH CVSS 3.1

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

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
picklescan	picklescan	—	0 < 0.0.29, 0.0.29

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-502	cna	Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
8.1	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.6	HIGH	4.0	cna	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

References (2)

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-6w4w-5w54-rjvr) https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4w-5w54-rjvr
VulnCheck Advisory: picklescan - Remote Code Execution via idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-idlelib-autocomplete-autocomplete-get-entity