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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.3 Critical

CVE-2025-71321

picklescan - Arbitrary File Writing via distutils Module Bypass

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

picklescan picklescan

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 0.0.33affected
  • 0.0.33unaffected
pkg:pypi/picklescan

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