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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
picklescan picklescan unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 0.0.29
0.0.29 unaffected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3vg9-h568-4w9m Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-3vg9-h568-4w9m cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-idlelib-debugobj-objecttreeitem-settext cve-icon
History

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Picklescan
Picklescan picklescan
Vendors & Products Picklescan
Picklescan picklescan

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title picklescan - Remote Code Execution via idlelib.debugobj.ObjectTreeItem.SetText
First Time appeared Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
Weaknesses CWE-502
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-24T12:49:30.923Z

Reserved: 2026-06-20T12:55:02.882Z

Link: CVE-2025-71354

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-24T12:49:10.138Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-24T18:15:05Z

Weaknesses