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Advisory details: pypa / picklescan/PYSEC-2026-246
Advisory ID pypa/picklescan/PYSEC-2026-246
Aliases CVE-2025-71357
GHSA-j343-8v2j-ff7w
PYSEC-2026-246
Summary picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcommand in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes remote commands when loaded by victims.
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.
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-2026-246.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-06-22T13:34:18Z/

Decision: Track*

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71357.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2025-71357

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