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CVE-2025-71321

picklescan - Arbitrary File Writing via distutils Module Bypass

Products / packages picklescan

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 15/11/2026, 03:20:35 UTC
VulnCheck · CVSS:4.0 · 9.3
Assessment vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VulnCheck · CVSS:3.1 · 9.8
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Severity

critical9.8

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Exploit reference published

Source-linked evidence; not proof of attacks in the wild or independent validation.

Remediation

Fix status not established

No structured fix or guidance is available here. Check the latest publisher advisory.

What this means

picklescan before 0.0.33 has an arbitrary file writing vulnerability via distutils, allowing attackers to bypass blocklists and potentially overwrite system files. The weakness is deserialization of untrusted data. Impact may include denial of service.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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picklescan · VulnCheck

picklescan

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Package identity

pkg:pypi/picklescanExplore picklescan →

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affected

0 → before 0.0.33

semver versions

unaffected

0.0.33

semver versions

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

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What to do

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Public exploit evidence

The sources identify public exploit references. We have not independently tested them; their availability does not establish exploitation in the wild.

mmaitre314/picklescan · security/advisories/GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4 ↗Attributed to CISA-ADP

Original source description

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picklescan before 0.0.33 contains an arbitrary file writing vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the dangerous blocklist by using distutils.file_util.write_file. Attackers can construct malicious pickle objects to overwrite critical system files and achieve denial of service or remote code execution.

References

2 sources
mmaitre314/picklescan · security/advisories/GHSA-m273-6v24-x4m4
Public exploit referenceVulnCheck · CISA-ADP
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-arbitrary-file-writing-via-distutils-module-bypass
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Original records

CVE-2025-71321

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-502 ↗

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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Environment requirements

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VulnCheck · platform conditions

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:mmaitre314:picklescan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Before: 0.0.33

Applicability preview
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Contributing organizations · 2
VulnCheck

Assigning organization

2026-11-08
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-06-17

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