CVE-2026-4538

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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/	Product
https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/176791	Issue Tracking Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.352326	Permissions Required VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.352326	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.774681	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:pytorch:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-22 05:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:56

NVD link : CVE-2026-4538

Mitre link : CVE-2026-4538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-4538

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linuxfoundation

pytorch

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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