๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-71340

HIGH 8.1

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcode

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

picklescan through 0.0.26 fails to detect malicious pickle files that invoke idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcode in __reduce__ methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes arbitrary commands when the file is loaded via pickle.load(), enabling supply chain attacks on PyTorch models and saved Python objects. This is fixed in version 0.0.30.

CWE CWE-502
Vendor picklescan
Product picklescan
Published Jun 25, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

picklescan / picklescan
0 โ‰ค 0.0.26

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-3gf5-cxq9-w223 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-idlelib-pyshell-modifiedinterpreter-runcode

Credits

๐Ÿ” FredericDT