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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
picklescan picklescan unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 0.0.30
0.0.30 unaffected —

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References
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History

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Picklescan
Picklescan picklescan
Vendors & Products Picklescan
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Description 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.
Title picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via lib2to3.pgen2.pgen.ParserGenerator.make_label Detection Bypass
First Time appeared Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
Weaknesses CWE-502
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mmaitre314
Mmaitre314 picklescan
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-04T01:23:32.430Z

Reserved: 2026-06-20T12:48:06.735Z

Link: CVE-2025-71343

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-04T02:30:04Z

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