Description
The Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART) thru 1.20.1 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in its Kubeflow component's model loading functionality. When loading model weights from a file (e.g., model.pt) during robustness evaluation, the code uses torch.load() without 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 uploading a maliciously crafted model file to an object storage location referenced by the pipeline, or by controlling the model_id parameter to point to such a file. When the pipeline loads the model, the malicious payload is executed, leading to remote code execution.
Published: 2026-05-12
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 13 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Title Insecure Deserialization in ART Kubeflow Component Enables Remote Code Execution

Wed, 13 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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Trusted-ai adversarial-robustness-toolbox
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Trusted-ai adversarial-robustness-toolbox

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Title Insecure Deserialization in ART Kubeflow Component Enables Remote Code Execution
Weaknesses CWE-502

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description The Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART) thru 1.20.1 contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in its Kubeflow component's model loading functionality. When loading model weights from a file (e.g., model.pt) during robustness evaluation, the code uses torch.load() without 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 uploading a maliciously crafted model file to an object storage location referenced by the pipeline, or by controlling the model_id parameter to point to such a file. When the pipeline loads the model, the malicious payload is executed, leading to remote code execution.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T14:20:16.472Z

Reserved: 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-31229

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T14:19:24.837Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-12T18:16:51.160

Modified: 2026-05-13T16:16:38.880

Link: CVE-2026-31229

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T18:30:46Z

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