SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-71354

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle files that exploit idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem.SetText function in reduce methods.

HIGH 7.6EPSS 0.45%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 4.0
7.6 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.45% probability · 38th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Source
disclosure@vulncheck.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.