CVE-2025-71368: 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 mal
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.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71368
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-713680.77% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 51% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-71368 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for picklescan
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- highCVE-2025-71375: picklescan before 0.0.34 fails to detect the _operator.methodcaller built-in function when sca…nvd · 2026-07-04
- highCVE-2025-71373: picklescan before 0.0.33 fails to detect operator.methodcaller function calls in pickle files,…nvd · 2026-07-04
- highCVE-2025-71372: Picklescan before 0.0.33 fails to detect the numpy.f2py.crackfortran.getlincoef gadget in pick…nvd · 2026-07-04
- highCVE-2025-71369: picklescan before 0.0.28 fails to detect malicious pickle files that use torch.utils.data.data…nvd · 2026-07-04
- highCVE-2025-71367: picklescan before 0.0.34 fails to detect _operator.attrgetter function calls in pickle payload…nvd · 2026-07-04
- highCVE-2025-71366: picklescan before 0.0.28 fails to detect malicious torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofil…nvd · 2026-07-04
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