{"id":"CVE-2025-71361","title":"picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious idlelib.calltip.Calltip.fetch_tip calls in pickle files, allowing remote code execution","summary":"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 v…","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-95"],"vendor":"picklescan","product":"picklescan","affected":["picklescan < 0.0.29"],"patched":["picklescan 0.0.29"],"published":"2026-06-24","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T21:10:00.227","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71361","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-undetected-idlelib-calltip-calltip-fetch-tip","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/aecd11be98702caa9ba9b12189d91ad596a36114"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan"}],"tags":["nvd","osv","pip"],"epss":0.0043,"epssPercentile":0.37096,"aliases":["GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9","PYSEC-2026-1786"],"ecosystem":"pip","ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:47.539Z","slug":"CVE-2025-71361","body":"## Overview\n\npicklescan 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().\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2025-71361)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `picklescan < 0.0.29`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `picklescan 0.0.29`\n\nSource: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":213779,"id":"CVE-2025-71361","ts":1790788486121,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"8.1"},{"seq":213778,"id":"CVE-2025-71361","ts":1790788486121,"field":"severity","old":"medium","new":"high"}]}