CVE-2025-71342 (GCVE-0-2025-71342)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-04 01:23 – Updated: 2026-07-04 01:23
VLAI?
Title
picklescan - Undetected Remote Code Execution via idlelib.run.Executive.runcode
Summary
picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.run.Executive.runcode in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes during pickle.load, enabling remote code execution in PyTorch models and supply chain attacks.
Severity ?
7.6 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
picklescan picklescan Affected: 0 , < 0.0.30 (semver)
Unaffected: 0.0.30 (semver)
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Credits
FredericDT
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