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Advisory details: pypa / picklescan/PYSEC-2026-245
Advisory ID pypa/picklescan/PYSEC-2026-245
Aliases CVE-2025-71348
GHSA-vv6j-3g6g-2pvj
PYSEC-2026-245
Summary picklescan before 0.0.28 fails to detect malicious pickle files that invoke torch.utils._config_module.load_config function within reduce methods. Attackers can craft pickle files embedding arbitrary code that evades detection but executes during pickle.load, enabling remote code execution in supply chain attacks.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/picklescan/PYSEC-2026-245.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-torch-utils-config-module-load-config-bypass
GHSA-vv6j-3g6g-2pvj https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-vv6j-3g6g-2pvj
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/picklescan/PYSEC-2026-245.yaml
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-06-22T19:05:34Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71348.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2025-71348

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]