PYSEC-2026-2477

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-13 15:15 - Updated: 2026-07-13 16:04
VLAI
Details

The flash-attention training framework thru commit e724e2588cbe754beb97cf7c011b5e7e34119e62 (2025-13-04) contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in its checkpoint loading mechanism. The load_checkpoint() function in checkpoint.py and the checkpoint loading code in eval.py use torch.load() without enabling the security-restrictive weights_only=True parameter. This allows the deserialization of arbitrary Python objects via the pickle module. An attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted checkpoint file. When a victim loads this checkpoint during model warmstarting or evaluation, arbitrary code is executed on the victim's system.

Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Impacted products
Name purl
flash-attn pkg:pypi/flash-attn
Aliases
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-31253",
    "GHSA-7g5w-pq96-8c5w"
  ],
  "details": "The flash-attention training framework thru commit e724e2588cbe754beb97cf7c011b5e7e34119e62 (2025-13-04) contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in its checkpoint loading mechanism. The load_checkpoint() function in checkpoint.py and the checkpoint loading code in eval.py use torch.load() without enabling the security-restrictive weights_only=True parameter. This allows the deserialization of arbitrary Python objects via the pickle module. An attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted checkpoint file. When a victim loads this checkpoint during model warmstarting or evaluation, arbitrary code is executed on the victim\u0027s system.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-2477",
  "modified": "2026-07-13T16:04:03.490636Z",
  "published": "2026-07-13T15:15:45.233345Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31253"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.notion.so/CVE-2026-31253-35d1e1393188813f9e77e2038104bc49"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/flash-attn"
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7g5w-pq96-8c5w"
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "flash-attention contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability in its checkpoint loading mechanism"
}



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