picklescan before 0.0.25 fails to detect malicious pickle files that use timeit.timeit() in the __reduce__ method, allowing remote code execution. Attackers can craft pickle files that import dangerous libraries like os and execute arbitrary system commands, which evade picklescan detection and execute when pickle.load() is called.
CVE-2025-71351
This high-severity CVE scores 7.6 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 66% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.6
- EG Score
- 7.6(medium)
- EPSS
- 33.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 21, 2026
Last Modified
June 22, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 22, 2026Missing detection when calling built-in python library function timeit.timeit() · Advisory · mmaitre314/picklescan · GitHub
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-v7x6-rv5q-mhwcpicklescan - Remote Code Execution via timeit.timeit() Detection Bypass | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-timeit-timeit-detection-bypassVendor Advisories for CVE-2025-71351(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 35× in last 7d / 78× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-07 04:33 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-22 19:39 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.60
- 2026-06-22 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-22 19:38 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.6 · CVSS v4 → 7.6
- 2026-06-21 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-21 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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