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.
Published: 2026-06-24
Score: 7.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Picklescan
Picklescan picklescan
Vendors & Products Picklescan
Picklescan picklescan

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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'}


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Mmaitre314 Picklescan
Picklescan Picklescan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-24T12:49:30.923Z

Reserved: 2026-06-20T12:55:02.882Z

Link: CVE-2025-71354

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-24T12:49:10.138Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-24T18:15:05Z

Weaknesses