{"id":"CVE-2025-71357","title":"picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcommand in reduce methods","summary":"picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcommand in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes remote commands when loaded by vict…","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-502"],"vendor":"mmaitre314","product":"picklescan","affected":["picklescan < 0.0.30"],"patched":["picklescan 0.0.30"],"published":"2026-06-21","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T22:10:00.247","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71357","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-j343-8v2j-ff7w","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-undetected-idlelib-pyshell-modifiedinterpreter-runcommand","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-j343-8v2j-ff7w","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/1931c2d04eaca8d20597705ff39cab78ba364e4b"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/picklescan/PYSEC-2026-246.yaml"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j343-8v2j-ff7w"}],"tags":["nvd","osv","pip","ghsa"],"epss":0.00392,"epssPercentile":0.33186,"aliases":["GHSA-j343-8v2j-ff7w","PYSEC-2026-246"],"ecosystem":"pip","ingestedAt":"2026-09-11T19:57:09.310Z","slug":"CVE-2025-71357","body":"## Overview\n\npicklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcommand in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes remote commands when loaded by victims.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `picklescan < 0.0.30`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `picklescan 0.0.30`\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2025-71357)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `picklescan < 0.0.30`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `picklescan 0.0.30`\n\nSource: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j343-8v2j-ff7w","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":213767,"id":"CVE-2025-71357","ts":1790788483088,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"8.1"}]}