CVE-2025-71366: Picklescan

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Picklescan Picklescan: before 0.0.28 (fixed in 0.0.28)

Published 2026-07-04. Last modified 2026-10-05.