picklescan - Undetected Remote Code Execution via idlelib.run.Executive.runcode
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| picklescan | picklescan | before 0.0.30 | 0.0.30 | Patch available | CNA |
- picklescan Vendorpicklescan Affected before 0.0.30 Fixed in 0.0.30 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | picklescan |
- cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·picklescan
Remediation
- Fix · CNA picklescan (picklescan) Fixed in 0.0.30
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
picklescan 0.0.30
4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 4 HIGH
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-43484 picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Undetected asyncio.unix_events._UnixSubprocessTransport._startPriority HIGH 68
- TI-2025-43464 picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via lib2to3.pgen2.pgen.ParserGenerator.make_label Detection BypassPriority HIGH 68
- TI-2025-43466 picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_autograd_profPriority HIGH 66
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-71342
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6fw-8849-4cxh
References
More picklescan vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-03009 picklescan - Universal Blocklist Bypass via pkgutil.resolve_name CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-40680 picklescan - Remote Code Execution via Unblocked Standard Library Modules CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-38870 picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Obfuscated eval Call CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-38869 picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via profile.run() Blocklist Bypass CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-43446 picklescan - Detection Bypass via STACK_GLOBAL Opcode Parsing Logic Flaw CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-43444 picklescan - Remote Code Execution via Unblocked ctypes Module CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-71342 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-71342 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j6fw-8849-4cxh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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