TI-2025-43496 Aliases CVE-2025-71376 GHSA-7cq8-mj8x-j263

picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Undetected idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.fetch_completions

HIGH 68CWE-502Published 2026-06-23 · Updated 2026-06-23

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 and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.fetch_completions in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes arbitrary commands when loaded by victims.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0038 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed picklescan (picklescan): 0.0.29picklescan (PyPI): 0.0.29

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 0.0.29	0.0.29	Patch available	CNA
—	picklescan (PyPI)	before 0.0.29	0.0.29	Patch available	GHSA-7cq8-mj8x-j263

picklescan Vendorpicklescan Affected before 0.0.29 Fixed in 0.0.29 Patch available CNA
picklescan (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.29 Fixed in 0.0.29 Patch available GHSA-7cq8-mj8x-j263

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 0.0.29
Fix · GHSA-7cq8-mj8x-j263 picklescan (PyPI) Fixed in 0.0.29 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

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

Release · 2026-06-23
picklescan 0.0.29
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-43462 picklescan - Remote Code Execution via Undetected profile.Profile.runctxPriority HIGH 68
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-71376
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7cq8-mj8x-j263

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

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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