picklescan before 0.0.28 fails to detect malicious torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile function calls in pickle files, allowing attackers to bypass safety checks. Remote attackers can embed undetected code in pickle files to achieve arbitrary code execution when victims load the files.
CVE-2025-71366
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.
- 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
- 8.1
- EG Score
- 8.1(high)
- EPSS
- 35.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 4, 2026
Last Modified
July 6, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 4, 2026picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-torch-utils-bottleneck-main-run-cprofileMissing detection when calling pytorch function torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__.run_cprofile · Advisory · mmaitre314/picklescan · GitHub
https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-4r9r-ch6f-vxmxVendor Advisories for CVE-2025-71366(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 16× in last 7d / 16× 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.
- 2026-07-06 18:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 18:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 05:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 16:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 03:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 14:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 14:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 01:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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