CVE-2025-71354

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem.SetText

Published Jun 24, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle files that exploit idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem.SetText function in reduce methods. Attackers can craft pickle files with embedded code that bypasses picklescan detection and executes arbitrary commands when pickle.load() is called.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3vg9-h568-4w9m Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem
History
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First Time appeared Picklescan
Picklescan picklescan
Vendors & Products Picklescan
Picklescan picklescan
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle files that exploit idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem.SetText function in reduce methods. Attackers can craft pickle files with embedded code that bypasses picklescan detection and executes arbitrary commands when pickle.load() is called.
Title picklescan - Remote Code Execution via idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem.SetText
First Time appeared Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
Weaknesses CWE-502
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Jun 24, 2026, 12:49 PM
Reserved
Jun 20, 2026, 12:55 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 24, 2026, 1:16 PM
Modified
Oct 12, 2026, 9:10 PM