Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting picklescan package, versions [,0.0.29)
Threat Intelligence
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- published1 Jul 2026
- disclosed30 Jun 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 30 Jun 2026
NewCVE-2025-71352 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade picklescan to version 0.0.29 or higher.
Overview
picklescan is a Security scanner detecting Python Pickle files performing suspicious actions
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure via the trace.Trace.runctx function. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious pickle file that leverages this function to bypass detection and trigger code execution during deserialization.