CVE-2026-4538
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability was identified in PyTorch 2.10.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component pt2 Loading Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 1.1–7.8
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affected products (6)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0813PyTorch: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2026-03-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PyTorch ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
- BIT-pytorch-2026-4538PyTorch pt2 Loading deserialization2026-04-30vendor · osvUS
A vulnerability was identified in PyTorch 2.10.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component pt2 Loading Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.
- PYSEC-2026-1392026-03-22vendor · osvUS
A vulnerability was identified in PyTorch 2.10.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component pt2 Loading Handler. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.
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references (16)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-4538cnnvd
- https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/cnnvd
- https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/176791cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.352326cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.352326cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.774681cnnvd
- https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/176791enisa_euvd
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