What is CVE-2025-71340?

CVE-2025-71340 is a high-severity vulnerability in Picklescan, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2025-71340?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Deserialization in Picklescan

CVE-2025-71340

picklescan through 0.0.26 fails to detect malicious pickle files that invoke idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcode in __reduce__ methods. Attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files that executes arbitrary commands when the f…

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Picklescan — versions 0, 0.0.30

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71340?: CVE-2025-71340 is a high-severity vulnerability in Picklescan, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-71340?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.