NIXPKGS-2026-2208
GitHub issue
published 5 days ago
PyTorch Lightning Arbitrary Code Execution via _instantiator Hyperparameter
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CVE-2026-58659
8.4 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
- Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): Active (A)
- Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): High (H)
- Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): High (H)
- Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): High (H)
- Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): Active (A)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): High (H)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): High (H)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): High (H)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
- Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
- Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
- Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
- Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
- Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
- Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
- Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
- Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
- Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
- Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
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PyTorch Lightning Arbitrary Code Execution via _instantiator Hyperparameter
PyTorch Lightning through 2.6.5, fixed in commit d710d68, contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the _load_state function that imports and executes attacker-controlled module names from checkpoint _instantiator hyperparameters. Attackers can craft malicious checkpoint files that bypass weights_only=True protections to execute arbitrary code when LightningModule.load_from_checkpoint is called.
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Pull Request issue-tracking
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Patch Commit patch
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https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pytorch-lightning-arbitrary-code-execution… third-party-advisory
Affected products
pytorch-lightning
- ==d710d689510d50e800f53b3cd773cbca20b1f86f
- =<2.6.5
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.python313Packages.pytorch-lightning
Lightweight PyTorch wrapper for machine learning researchers
pkgs.python314Packages.pytorch-lightning
Lightweight PyTorch wrapper for machine learning researchers
Package maintainers
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@GaetanLepage Gaetan Lepage <gaetan@glepage.com>