CVE-2025-71361

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via Undetected idlelib.calltip.Calltip.fetch_tip

State: Published
Severity: 7.6 High
Published: Jun 24, 2026
Updated: Jun 24, 2026
Reserved: Jun 20, 2026

Description

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious idlelib.calltip.Calltip.fetch_tip calls in pickle files, allowing remote code execution. Attackers can embed undetected payloads in pickle files that execute arbitrary code when loaded via pickle.load().

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.6 High	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	VulnCheck
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
picklescanpicklescan	before 0.0.29Affected 0.0.29Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-8r4j-24qv-fmq9)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: picklescan - Remote Code Execution via Undetected idlelib.calltip.Calltip.fetch_tipthird-party-advisory

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