picklescan up to 0.0.29 doctest.debug_script deserialization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in picklescan up to 0.0.29. Affected is the function doctest.debug_script. Executing a manipulation can lead to deserialization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-71368. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in picklescan up to 0.0.29. This vulnerability affects the function doctest.debug_script. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-71368 since 06/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.0.30 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• picklescan

Version

• 0.0.1
• 0.0.2
• 0.0.3
• 0.0.4
• 0.0.5
• 0.0.6
• 0.0.7
• 0.0.8
• 0.0.9
• 0.0.10
• 0.0.11
• 0.0.12
• 0.0.13
• 0.0.14
• 0.0.15
• 0.0.16
• 0.0.17
• 0.0.18
• 0.0.19
• 0.0.20
• 0.0.21
• 0.0.22
• 0.0.23
• 0.0.24
• 0.0.25
• 0.0.26
• 0.0.27
• 0.0.28
• 0.0.29

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