CVE-2025-71358 PUBLISHED

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 20.06.2026 Published: 22.06.2026 Updated: 23.06.2026

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle files that exploit idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity function in reduce methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes arbitrary commands when loaded by victims using pickle.load().

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 7.6

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

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Vendor	picklescan
Product	picklescan
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 0.0.29 (excl.) Version 0.0.29 is unaffected

CVE-2025-71358 PUBLISHED

picklescan - Remote Code Execution via idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity

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