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GHSA-6w4w-5w54-rjvr: Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity

August 26, 2025 (updated July 18, 2026)

Using idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-6w4w-5w54-rjvr
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/commit/aecd11be98702caa9ba9b12189d91ad596a36114
  • github.com/mmaitre314/picklescan/security/advisories/GHSA-6w4w-5w54-rjvr
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/picklescan/PYSEC-2026-1784.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71358
  • pypi.org/project/picklescan
  • www.vulncheck.com/advisories/picklescan-remote-code-execution-via-idlelib-autocomplete-autocomplete-get-entity

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.0.29

Fixed versions

  • 0.0.29

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.0.29 or above.

Impact 8.1 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

pypi/picklescan/GHSA-6w4w-5w54-rjvr.yml

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