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TI-2025-43487 Aliases CVE-2025-71367GHSA-j2vq-r4j3-cj5m

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via _operator.attrgetter Detection Bypass

Priority HIGH 68CWE-502Published · Updated

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 0.0.34 fails to detect _operator.attrgetter function calls in pickle payloads, allowing attackers to bypass security checks. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files using _operator.attrgetter in reduce methods to execute arbitrary code when pickle.load() processes the file.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00564 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed picklescan (picklescan): 0.0.34

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
picklescanpicklescanbefore 0.0.340.0.34Patch availableCNA
  • picklescan Vendorpicklescan Affected before 0.0.34 Fixed in 0.0.34 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——picklescan
  • cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·picklescan

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA picklescan (picklescan) Fixed in 0.0.34

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    picklescan 0.0.34

    2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-43495 picklescan - Undetected Remote Code Execution via _operator.methodcallerPriority HIGH 68
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-71367
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j2vq-r4j3-cj5m

References

Advisory 1

  • 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
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Sources

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