CVE-2025-71343

picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect malicious pickle files that exploit lib2to3.pgen2.pgen.ParserGenerator.make_label function in the reduce method. Attackers can craft malicious pickle files with embedded code that evades detection but executes arbitrary commands when pickle.load() is called.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-p9w7-82w4-7q8m
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-lib2to3-pgen2-pgen-parsergenerator-make-label-detection-bypass
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-p9w7-82w4-7q8m

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-04 02:16

Updated : 2026-07-07 04:17

NVD link : CVE-2025-71343

Mitre link : CVE-2025-71343

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-71343

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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