{"id":"CVE-2025-71368","title":"picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect the doctest.debug_script function when analyzing pickle files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code","summary":"picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect the doctest.debug_script function when analyzing pickle files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding doctest.debug_script calls …","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":"picklescan","product":"picklescan","affected":["picklescan < 0.0.30"],"patched":["picklescan 0.0.30"],"published":"2026-06-30","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T21:10:00.227","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71368","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-fqq6-7vqf-w3fg","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-undetected-doctest-debug-script","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-fqq6-7vqf-w3fg","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/1931c2d04eaca8d20597705ff39cab78ba364e4b"},{"url":"https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan"}],"tags":["nvd","osv","pip"],"epss":0.00839,"epssPercentile":0.57619,"aliases":["GHSA-fqq6-7vqf-w3fg"],"ecosystem":"pip","ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:49.101Z","slug":"CVE-2025-71368","body":"## Overview\n\npicklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect the doctest.debug_script function when analyzing pickle files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding doctest.debug_script calls that bypass picklescan detection and execute arbitrary commands upon pickle.load invocation.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2025-71368)\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-fqq6-7vqf-w3fg","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":213791,"id":"CVE-2025-71368","ts":1790788491084,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"8.1"},{"seq":213790,"id":"CVE-2025-71368","ts":1790788491084,"field":"severity","old":"medium","new":"high"}]}