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high 8.1

CVE-2025-71367 json

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via _operator.attrgetter Detection Bypass

published 10mo ago modified 28d ago also EUVD-2025-210421 , GHSA-46h3-79wf-xr6c

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

picklescan before 0.0.34 fails to detect _operator.attrgetter function calls in pickle payloads, allowing attackers to bypass security checks. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files using _operator.attrgetter in reduce methods to execute arbitrary code when pickle.load() processes the file.

Patch / fix

  • pypi picklescan 0.0.34
  • picklescan picklescan 0.0.34

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-46h3-79wf-xr6c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.6 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
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 4.0 7.6 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi picklescan
<0.0.34
0.0.34

Affected products

  • picklescan picklescan

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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