CVE-2025-71368

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-01. 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 week
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%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 0.0.30 fails to detect the doctest.debug_script function when analyzing pickle files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding doctest.debug_script calls that bypass picklescan detection and execute arbitrary commands upon pickle.load invocation.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EPSS
51.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 30, 2026

Last Modified

July 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 1, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Undetected doctest.debug_script | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-code-execution-via-undetected-doctest-debug-script
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Missing detection when calling built-in python doctest.debug_script · Advisory · mmaitre314/picklescan · GitHub

https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-fqq6-7vqf-w3fg

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-71368(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 33× in last 7d / 33× 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. 2026-07-07 03:15 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 14:56 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-06 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-06 02:35 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-06 02:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 14:16 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 14:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-05 01:56 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-05 01:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-04 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-04 13:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-04 01:17 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-04 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-03 12:58 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-03 12:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-03 00:39 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-03 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-02 12:20 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-02 12:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-02 00:01 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-02 00:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-01 11:42 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-01 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-06-30 23:24 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-06-30 23:23 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-71368?
CVE-2025-71368 is a high vulnerability published on June 30, 2026. picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect the doctest.debugscript function when analyzing pickle files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. Remote attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding doctest.debugscript calls that bypass picklescan detection and execute arbitrary commands…
When was CVE-2025-71368 disclosed?
CVE-2025-71368 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 30, 2026, with the most recent update on July 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-71368 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-71368 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 51.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-71368?
CVE-2025-71368 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-71368?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-71368, 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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