CVE-2025-71342 HIGH

CVE-2025-71342: picklescan - Undetected Remote Code Execution via idlelib.run.Executive.runcode

Vendor Picklescan

Product picklescan

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published July 4, 2026

Last update July 4, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.6/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction —

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files using idlelib.run.Executive.runcode in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes during pickle.load, enabling remote code execution in PyTorch models and supply chain attacks.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 4, 2026 CVE published

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71342 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html

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CVE-2025-71342: picklescan - Undetected Remote Code Execution via idlelib.run.Executive.runcode

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