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High · 8.1 CVE-2025-71364 EUVD-2025-210419GHSA-cf85-jm34-89c3GHSA-q77w-mwjj-7mqx

picklescan - Arbitrary Code Execution via Undetected asyncio.unix_events._UnixSubprocessTransport._start

Published Jul 4, 2026 · Updated Jul 7, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

picklescan before 0.0.30 fails to detect the asyncio.unix_events._UnixSubprocessTransport._start function in pickle reduce methods, allowing remote code execution. Attackers can craft malicious pickle files embedding this built-in function that evade detection but execute arbitrary commands when loaded.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
picklescan picklescan < 0.0.30 0.0.30

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI picklescan < 0.0.30 0.0.30 GHSA-q77w-mwjj-7mqx

References