CVE-2025-71366

picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile

State: Published
Severity: 7.6 High
Published: Jul 4, 2026
Updated: Jul 6, 2026
Reserved: Jun 20, 2026

Description

picklescan before 0.0.28 fails to detect malicious torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile function calls in pickle files, allowing attackers to bypass safety checks. Remote attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files to achieve arbitrary code execution when victims load the files.

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-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affected Products

Product	Versions
picklescanpicklescan	before 0.0.28Affected 0.0.28Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-4r9r-ch6f-vxmx)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofilethird-party-advisory

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