CVE-2025-24357
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
vLLM is a library for LLM inference and serving. vllm/model_executor/weight_utils.py implements hf_model_weights_iterator to load the model checkpoint, which is downloaded from huggingface. It uses the torch.load function and the weights_only parameter defaults to False. When torch.load loads malicious pickle data, it will execute arbitrary code during unpickling. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.7.0.
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-0868PyTorch: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2025-04-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PyTorch ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
- GHSA-rh4j-5rhw-hr54vllm: Malicious model to RCE by torch.load in hf_model_weights_iterator2025-01-27ghsa · osvUS
### Description The vllm/model_executor/weight_utils.py implements hf_model_weights_iterator to load the model checkpoint, which is downloaded from huggingface. It use torch.load function and weights_only parameter is default value False. There is a security warning on https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.load.html, when torch.load load a malicious pickle data it will execute arbitrary code during unpickling. ### Impact This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary codes and OS commands in the victim machine who fetch the pretrained repo remotely. Note that most models now use the safetensors format, which is not vulnerable to this issue. ### References * https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.load.html * Fix: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/12366
- PYSEC-2025-582025-01-27vendor · osvUS
vLLM is a library for LLM inference and serving. vllm/model_executor/weight_utils.py implements hf_model_weights_iterator to load the model checkpoint, which is downloaded from huggingface. It uses the torch.load function and the weights_only parameter defaults to False. When torch.load loads malicious pickle data, it will execute arbitrary code during unpickling. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.7.0.
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- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/d3d6bb13fb62da3234addf6574922a4ec0513d04cnnvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/12366cnnvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-rh4j-5rhw-hr54cnnvd
- https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.load.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/commit/d3d6bb13fb62da3234addf6574922a4ec0513d04enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/12366enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/advisories/GHSA-rh4j-5rhw-hr54enisa_euvd
- https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.load.htmlenisa_euvd
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