๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-71352

HIGH 8.1

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via Undetected trace.Trace.runctx in Pickle Files

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect the built-in Python trace.Trace.runctx function when used in pickle file reduce methods, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files with trace.Trace.runctx payloads that bypass picklescan detection and execute code upon pickle.load() invocation.

CWE CWE-693
Vendor picklescan
Product picklescan
Published Jun 30, 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 < 0.0.29

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-g344-hcph-8vgg vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-undetected-trace-trace-runctx-in-pickle-files

Credits

๐Ÿ” FredericDT