CVE-2025-71359

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-04. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle payloads that utilize lib2to3.pgen2.grammar.Grammar.loads in the reduce method, allowing remote code execution. Attackers can craft pickle files embedding dangerous code that evades picklescan detection and executes during pickle.load() deserialization.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EPSS
34.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 4, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 4, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

picklescan - Unsafe Deserialization via lib2to3.pgen2.grammar.Grammar.loads | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-unsafe-deserialization-via-lib2to3-pgen2-grammar-grammar-loads
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Missing detection when calling built-in python lib2to3.pgen2.grammar.Grammar.loads · Advisory · mmaitre314/picklescan · GitHub

https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-f54q-57x4-jg88

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-71359(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 18× in last 7d / 18× 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.

  1. 2026-07-06 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 09:07 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-06 09:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-05 22:02 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-05 22:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-05 10:57 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 10:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-04 23:52 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-04 23:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-04 12:47 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-04 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-04 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 01:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-71359?
CVE-2025-71359 is a high vulnerability published on July 4, 2026. picklescan before 0.0.29 fails to detect malicious pickle payloads that utilize lib2to3.pgen2.grammar.Grammar.loads in the reduce method, allowing remote code execution. Attackers can craft pickle files embedding dangerous code that evades picklescan detection and executes during pickle.load()…
When was CVE-2025-71359 disclosed?
CVE-2025-71359 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 4, 2026, with the most recent update on July 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-71359 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-71359 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 34.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-71359?
CVE-2025-71359 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-71359?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-71359, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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