{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00016317","kind":"vulnerability","title":"Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in Python cProfile.runctx","revision":2,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-9w88-8rmg-7g2p","CVE-2025-71378"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for picklescan. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-0b40a7110d09ec3091609cfc365e9804"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[{"kind":"EPSS","as_of":"2026-11-04T12:03:12.000Z","value":"0.480%","meaning":"FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.41541. Missing scores are unknown.","source_id":"sr-0b40a7110d09ec3091609cfc365e9804"}],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-678aff5857c60fa893c37f5e5892f74a","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9w88-8rmg-7g2p","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. 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Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.","title":"CVE-2025-71378","publisher":"FIRST EPSS","observed_at":"2026-11-04T17:58:50.307Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-678aff5857c60fa893c37f5e5892f74a"],"technology":"picklescan","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\n\nUsing cProfile.runctx function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file.\n\n### Details\n\nThe attack payload executes in the following steps:\n\nFirst, the attacker craft the payload by calling to cProfile.runctx function in reduce method\nThen when the victim after checking whether the pickle file is safe by using Picklescan library and this library doesn't dectect any dangerous functions, decide to pickle.load() this malicious pickle file, thus lead to remote code execution.\n\n### PoC\n\n```\nimport cProfile\n\nclass EvilCProfileRunctx:\n    def __reduce__(self):\n        # cProfile.runctx(cmd, globals, locals) -> exec(cmd, ...)\n        return cProfile.runctx, (\"__import__('os').system('whoami')\", None, None)\n```\n\n### Impact\n\nWho is impacted? Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models.\nWhat is the impact? Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded.\nSupply Chain Attack: Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects.\n\n### Corresponding\n\nhttps://github.com/Frederic","public_affected_ranges":["< 0.0.30"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-07T14:01:58.750Z","source_updated_at":"2026-09-11T19:21:31.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2025-08-26T21:38:36.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-01T22:54:05.264Z"},{"id":"NVI-00016317","kind":"vulnerability","title":"Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in Python cProfile.runctx","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-9w88-8rmg-7g2p","CVE-2025-71378"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for picklescan. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-678aff5857c60fa893c37f5e5892f74a"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-678aff5857c60fa893c37f5e5892f74a","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9w88-8rmg-7g2p","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. 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Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-9w88-8rmg-7g2p","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-01T22:54:05.264Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-678aff5857c60fa893c37f5e5892f74a"],"technology":"picklescan","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\n\nUsing cProfile.runctx function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file.\n\n### Details\n\nThe attack payload executes in the following steps:\n\nFirst, the attacker craft the payload by calling to cProfile.runctx function in reduce method\nThen when the victim after checking whether the pickle file is safe by using Picklescan library and this library doesn't dectect any dangerous functions, decide to pickle.load() this malicious pickle file, thus lead to remote code execution.\n\n### PoC\n\n```\nimport cProfile\n\nclass EvilCProfileRunctx:\n    def __reduce__(self):\n        # cProfile.runctx(cmd, globals, locals) -> exec(cmd, ...)\n        return cProfile.runctx, (\"__import__('os').system('whoami')\", None, None)\n```\n\n### Impact\n\nWho is impacted? Any organization or individual relying on picklescan to detect malicious pickle files inside PyTorch models.\nWhat is the impact? Attackers can embed malicious code in pickle file that remains undetected but executes when the pickle file is loaded.\nSupply Chain Attack: Attackers can distribute infected pickle files across ML models, APIs, or saved Python objects.\n\n### Corresponding\n\nhttps://github.com/Frederic","public_affected_ranges":["< 0.0.30"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-04T10:04:27.931Z","source_updated_at":"2026-09-11T19:21:31.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2025-08-26T21:38:36.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-01T22:54:05.264Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}