CVE-2026-86169 (GCVE-0-2026-86169)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 11:01 – Updated: 2026-09-07 13:45
VLAI
EPSS
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Title
Axolotl through 0.18.0 Remote Code Execution via Multipack Patching
Summary
Axolotl through 0.18.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the multipack patch path where trust_remote_code defaults to None instead of False, causing the security guard to be bypassed. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious Hugging Face model repository selected as base_model, which is loaded with hardcoded trust_remote_code=True during AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/pull/3858 | patchissue-tracking |
| https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/commi… | patch |
| https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/… | technical-description |
| https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/blob/… | technical-description |
| https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/axolotl-thro… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| axolotl-ai-cloud | axolotl |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 0.18.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2026-07-24 00:00
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