CVE-2025-71339
HIGH 7.6Picklescan before 0.0.33 fails to detect the numpy.f2py.crackfortran._eval_length gadget in pickle __reduce__ methods, allowing arbitrary code execution. Attackers can craft malicious pickle files that execute arbitrary Python code when loaded by victims who trust Picklescan's safety validation.
ELEVATED IMPACT
Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.6), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 22nd percentile
○ In CISA KEV
○ Public exploit / PoC
Impact if exploited
7.6CVSS 4.0 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ⚠User interaction: Succeeds with passive user activity
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ⚠Requirements: Specific conditions must be present
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-502: Deserialization of untrusted data
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