CVE-2025-71364 PUBLISHED

picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Undetected asyncio.unix_events._UnixSubprocessTransport._start

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 20.06.2026 Published: 04.07.2026 Updated: 04.07.2026

picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect the asyncio.unix_events._UnixSubprocessTransport._start function in pickle reduce methods, allowing remote code execution. Attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding this built-in function that evade detection but execute arbitrary commands when loaded.

Metrics

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

Product Status

Vendor picklescan
Product picklescan
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.0.30 (excl.)
  • Version 0.0.30 is unaffected

Credits

  • FredericDT reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE