CVE-2025-71321 PUBLISHED

picklescan - Arbitrary File Writing via distutils Module Bypass

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 08.06.2026 Published: 17.06.2026 Updated: 17.06.2026

picklescan before 0.0.33 contains an arbitrary file writing vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the dangerous blocklist by using distutils.file_util.write_file. Attackers can construct malicious pickle objects to overwrite critical system files and achieve denial of service or remote code execution.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor picklescan
Product picklescan
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.0.33 (excl.)
  • Version 0.0.33 is unaffected

Credits

  • 0x-Apollyon reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE