CVE-2025-71368
picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Undetected doctest.debug_script
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.6 High
- Published
- Jun 30, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 20, 2026
Description
picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect the doctest.debug_script function when analyzing pickle files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding doctest.debug_script calls that bypass picklescan detection and execute arbitrary commands upon pickle.load invocation.
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 |
|
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-fqq6-7vqf-w3fg)vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Undetected doctest.debug_scriptthird-party-advisory
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