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CVE-2025-71365

HIGH 7.6

Published 2026-06-23 · Last modified 2026-06-23

picklescan before 0.0.33 fails to detect malicious pickle files that invoke numpy.f2py.crackfortran.myeval function through the reduce method. Attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding arbitrary code that evades picklescan detection and executes remote code when loaded.

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

Affected

Vendors Picklescan

Products Picklescan

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

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · EPSS